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Talking Taiwan

Talking Taiwan is a Golden Crane Podcast Award Winner, and has been shortlisted in the 2024 International Women"s Podcast Awards "Moment of Visionary Leadership" category. In 2025, it was nominated for the 12th Annual T.O. Webfest Awards in the category of "Best Ensemble Cast in a Podcast". Hosted by Felicia Lin, Talking Taiwan is the longest running, independently produced Taiwan-related podcast that covers political news related to Taiwan and stories connected to Taiwan and Taiwan"s global

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Ep 258 | NYC ART BRIDGE: How TAAC and CHATogether are...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/10/25

The Taiwanese American Arts Council (TAAC) and the Yale CHATogether Group have collaborated on the NYC Art Bridge program. Several of the artists in residence at the Taiwanese American Arts Council’s house on Governors Island, Building 7B, which has affectionately come to be called the Taiwan house, have participated in the NYC Art Bridge program and created artwork for it. In this episode I will be speaking to Luchia Meihua Lee, the Executive Director of the Taiwanese American Arts Council, Dr

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Ep 257 | Michael Turton : Taipei Times Columnist...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/10/13

As a follow up to last week’s episode featuring my interview with General Yu, I invited Taipei Times columnist Michael Turton back on to Talking Taiwan to talk about the 1992 Consensus, a term that General Yu mentioned, and in the lead up to Taiwan’s presidential elections in January, the Kuomintang presidential candidate Hou Yi-ih brought it up. In the Related Links section below, we’ll share Michael’s Taipei Times article about the Kuomintang presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih’s support of the

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Ep 256 | General Yu : Former 4-Star General of Taiwan...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/10/05

I first heard about Yú Běichén (于北辰) otherwise known as “General Yu” at the Taiwanese American Conference in July where he was one of the most popular speakers. General Yu is a retired army general, and now a Taoyuan city councilor, He ran as an independent in the November 2022 elections. I was able to interview General Yu when he was in New York with translation assistance from Winston Liao. This interview would not have been possible without the help of Jacy Chen, Sue Kuo, and Winston Liao

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Ep 255 | Tom Fifield of Taiwan Gold Card: What the...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/09/24

We met Tom Fifield when he was in New York City at Passport to Taiwan in May. The Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office had a booth there and he stopped by the Talking Taiwan podcast studio, but the recording conditions were less than ideal since we had a very loud generator nearby. We re-recorded the interview remotely a few months later. Tom talked about how he later became a gold card holder, what he enjoys about living in Taiwan and later became a citizen of Taiwan Tom Fifield works for the

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Ep 254 | Talking Taiwan "About Us" How It All...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/09/16

This is our long overdue "About Us" episode Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/talking-taiwan-about-us-how-it-all-started-how-far-weve-come-and-where-we-are-going-ep-254/ In this long overdue About Us episode, Talking Taiwan’s producer and host Felicia Lin shares, in her own words, how she’s seen Taiwan transform, how Talking Taiwan got started, why she got involved with it, and who this podcast is for. I may be dating myself, but I remember Taiwan still being under martial law. It

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Ep 253 | Taliyah Huang: Young Inventor of Bobaway...

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2023/09/06

Taliyah Huang is the creator of Bobaway, an online translator that converts English text into a Taiwanese audio clip. She is a sophomore studying biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University. After months away at college Taliyah felt her Taiwanese was out of practice so she created Bobaway to get better at Taiwanese and converse fluently with her grandparents. In June she posted a YouTube video about how she created it. A lot has happened since then. She’s been interviewed by

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Ep 252 Love in Taipei | Our Interview with Award...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/08/29

My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is the film director Arvin Chen. He just directed Love in Taipei, the film adaptation of Abigail Hing Wen’s bestselling YA novel Loveboat, Taipei. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/love-in-taipei-our-interview-with-award-winning-film-director-arvin-chen-ep-252/ If you’re a long-time listener of Talking Taiwan you may remember when I interviewed Abigail about her bestselling YA novel. That success was preceded by 12 years of writing and

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Ep 251 | Dr Jung Tsai: On his Courageous Medical...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/08/28

Dr. Jung Tsai is a retired surgeon. He had been in practice for nearly 50 years. He specialized in Cancer and Vascular Surgery. He is the founding President of The Greater New York Region Pen club in 2003 and was the National President of North American Taiwanese Medical association. He was the commissioner and current consultant of OCAC 僑委會 Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/dr-jung-tsai-on-his-courageous-medical-mission-to-ukraine-for-taiwan-ep-251/ I met Dr. Jung Tsai nearly 15

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Ep 250 | TaiwanFest at Culture Lab: A Night Market...

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2023/08/22

On August 6th we stopped by the TaiwanFest at the Culture Lab in New York City’s Long Island City and what a treat it was! Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/taiwanfest-at-culture-lab-a-night-market-comes-to-long-island-city-ep-250/ You may remember that back in April we stopped by the first TaiwanFest of the year which got rained out and talk about night and day! This time we were happy to see that there were long lines and many of the food vendors got sold out early. There

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Ep 249 | Taiwanese American Arts Council: From...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/08/15

The Taiwanese American Arts Council (TAAC) has been selected to be an Organization in Residence on Governors Island from May to October of this year. The Taiwanese American Arts Council’s house is at Building 7B in Nolan Park on New York’s Governors Island. There will be several artists in residence there. About 20 or 30 artists will use the studios there. Every month there’s something new to see and experience at the house. The art on exhibit is everchanging. Plus there are performances and other

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Ep 248 | Stan from Poland: YouTuber Covers Political...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/08/04

I met Stan Kwiatkowski, better known as YouTuber Stan from Poland 斯坦-波蘭ê台灣囡仔, at this year’s Taiwanese American Conference where he was one of the speakers. His YouTube channel now has over 200,000 subscribers. And if that wasn’t impressive enough, the first thing you’ll notice after going to his YouTube channel is how fluently he speaks Mandarin Chinese in practically all of the videos. The content that Stan and his wife produce for their YouTube channel consists of political commentary,

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Ep 247 | Kaarina Chu Mackenzie: On Her Immersive Art...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/07/28

During the pandemic, Kaarina Chu Mackenzie turned to art to find a sense of home. What resulted were a series of paintings inspired by the Raohe Night Market in Taipei. That became an immersive art exhibit called The Night Market which ran at the Bobble Haus, a gallery, shop and event space in New York City’s Lower East Side. While the exhibit has closed, some of Kaarina’s artwork can still be seen until the end of this month at the “On The Way” art gallery and tea shop experience curated by

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Ep 246 | Chin Chih Yang Talks About his Unique...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/07/16

Chin Chih Yang stopped by the Talking Taiwan podcasting booth at Passport to Taiwan and we talked about his performance art and his 10-year project “Watch Us, Together We Can Do It” which he will be working on during his residency at the Taiwanese American Arts Council’s house, on New York’s Governors Island. The Taiwanese American Arts Council’s house, Building 7B is located in Noland Park on Governors Island. In June, we went to Governors Island and spoke with Chin Chih after his first live

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Ep 245 | Bubble Tea Sam: From Quickly to Coco,...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/07/09

Sam Lin is the New York-based veteran bubble tea shop owner who you heard from in episode 238 about bubble tea featuring Kristin McCoy-Ward. If you’re a bubble tea lover, that episode is definitely worth a listen, Kristen covered everything you’d ever want to know about bubble tea and more. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/bubble-tea-sam-from-quickly-to-coco-running-bubble-tea-shops-for-20-years-in-nyc-ep-245/ Sam talked to me about how he grew up in Taiwan eating tapioca in

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Ep 244 | Pasuya Yao : On The Film "Untold Herstory"...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/06/30

Pasuya Yao (姚文智) is a politician turned film producer. His film production company thuànn TAIWAN, produced the documentary Su Beng, The Revolutionist and more recently the feature film Untold Herstory that ranked third at Taiwan’s box office in 2022. We spoke about Untold Herstory, which is based on a book authored by Tsao Chin-jung (曹欽榮) and published in 2012, the book’s title has been translated as "Bonfire Island: Untold Herstory." It is a collection of interviews of women political prisoners

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Ep 243 | Christine Su of TANG: Enriching Youth...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/06/22

Summer is upon us and in the past it’s been a very busy time for the Taiwanese American community with several summer conferences and camps being organized across the country. There’s TAF, the Taiwanese American Foundation, TACEC, the Taiwanese American Conference East Coast, TAC-WC, the West Coast version of the Taiwanese American Conference, and TANG just to name a few. Related Links:

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Ep 242 | Ed Lin: Our Interview LIVE at Passport to...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/06/15

Author Ed Lin stopped by to chat with me in the Talking Taiwan podcasting booth at Passport to Taiwan. This is the first of several live interviews we recorded at our outdoor on-location podcasting booth. We touched upon a broad range of topics, many that we’ve covered here in the past on Talking Taiwan. In fact, this gives us a good excuse to share some of our past episodes in the related links section for this episode on our website. On the other hand, my conversation with Ed brought up a few

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Ep 241 | Peilin Kuo On Her Indie Films and the Life...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/06/08

In October of last year, Anna May Wong became the only Asian American and fifth woman to appear on the U.S. quarter as a part of the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters™ Program. Anna May Wong is one of the better known early Chinese American movie stars. She was the first Asian American actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She received it in 1960, the inaugural year of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Anna May Wong was regarded as a fashion icon in the 1920s and 30s, and was also

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Ep 240 | Talking Taiwan's 26 Notable Episodes

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/06/05

We had a beautiful day on Sunday at the Passport to Taiwan in New York City’s Union Square Park. Congratulations to the Passport to Taiwan team for making the event a huge success! The park was packed and food lines were long. We were so glad to be invited to be a part of it. For us it was a welcome change of pace. It’s not often that we get to meet our listeners in person! Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/talking-taiwans-26-notable-episodes-ep-240/ We want to thank everyone who stopped by

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Ep 239 | Passport to Taiwan 2023: U.S. Largest Taiwan...

Talking Taiwan ·

2023/05/24

This year the Passport to Taiwan will be returning to New York City’s Union Square Park on Sunday, May 28th from 12 noon to 5:00pm. It will be the first in-person Passport to Taiwan in three years since the pandemic, and we are looking forward to it! Talking Taiwan will be there with a special live on-location podcasting studio. Read on to learn more about what we have planned. Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below:

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