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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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01:47:30

Firelight Chats FLC Ep066 | Creating Collages w/Jaime...

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2024/12/28

In this final episode of Firelight Chats for 2024, Jaime Cham coded his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha about tech, engineering, coding, AI, the startup world, running a successful company, and otherwise reflecting on the collage of memories he's managed to create thus far in life.Jaime also shared his thoughts, insights, and stories about a recent trip to his first musical festival, the family kung fu lore, growing up in Panama, going to college in another country at the age of

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01:28:24

Firelight Chats Ep065 | Taiwan Jawn w/BlckTeeth

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2024/11/19

In this episode of Firelight Chats, the BlckTeeth duo swung by the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about life, music, collaborations, and more. After a 3-week residency making music with indigenous groups in Taitung in August, the two returned to Taipei for another month of performances, work, and play. This episode was recorded two days before their flight back out to Philly.The duo share their respective background stories, how they met, experimenting in the shed, laying

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01:54:40

Firelight Chats Ep064 | One Long Trip w/Anna Yang

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2024/03/23

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Anna Yang tuned into the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha about art, authenticity, and creating a supportive ecosystem for creatives to experiment. Anna shares stories from her vast library of books, which include memories from a broken childhood, winning global competitions, achieving success, encountering failures, getting stuck in Taiwan during Covid, bouts with depression, discovering psychedelics, and her enduring belief that advertising &

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01:54:32

Firelight Chats Ep063 | The Triumphant Departure...

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2024/03/16

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Keril Victor crooned his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha about his home island of St. Lucia, his adopted home of Taiwan, and everything R&B. Keril shares stories about childhood dreams, the island life, honeymoon spots, similarities and differences with Taiwan, the challenges of learning Chinese, studying at a top university, teaching English, performing again, the Jungle Voice experience, and the making of his latest album.Keril also shares

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01:44:34

Firelight Chats Ep062 | LuckySparks w/Charlie Chen

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2024/03/10

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Charlie Chen sparked his way to the Spacelab to chat Netflix dramas, film, animation, documentaries, and more with Kane & Mocha. Fresh off the recent release of "Let's Talk about Chu", Charlie shares stories about developing the script, inspirational trips to 金山 & Joshua Tree, filming during Covid, the importance of music, putting out fires & staying nimble, intimacy coaches, locking down the right talent, remote directing through iPads, trusting his

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01:33:43

Firelight Chats Ep061 |Touching Bass w/Derrick Lin

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2024/03/03

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Derrick Lin riffed his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about life, language, music, bass, touring, and more. Derrick shares some deep & personal stories about cancer, confronting death, inspirational figures in his life, his passion for music, learning from legends, working to elevate the game in Taiwan, vital rituals, memorable concerts, and musical orgasms.Derrick also talks about getting his start at the legendary Brown

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01:59:01

Firelight Chats Ep060 | Funny Metal Boxes w/James Hush

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2024/02/22

In this episode of Firelight Chats, James Hush engineered his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha about tech, engineering, metal music, enterprise sales, customer service, stand up comedy, hosting events, weddings, and more.James shares stories about thinking inside the box, moving to LA to chase fame & fortune, entering the startup world, the Louis Vuitton method of sales & marketing, being in a metal band, taking stand up comedy classes, his process of writing jokes, his

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02:02:06

Firelight Chats Ep059 | God is Good w/Diogo Pinheiro

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2024/02/08

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Diogo Pinheiro smooth jazzed his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha about his epic life story from rags to musical riches. Diogo shares stories about growing up in the rough suburbs of São Paulo, playing in the church orchestra, finding the saxophone at the age of 6, experiencing a near-death experience at age 11, his mother's wisdom & faith, getting his first job because of English, and the improbable story of eventually making it to the

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02:14:50

Firelight Chats Ep058 | TWisting Roots w/Jim Geddes

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2024/02/02

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Jim Geddes directed his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about jazz big bands, musicals, cruise ship touring, and more. From a small town in Wisconsin, Jim recounts his story of happening upon the saxophone, thinking of music as a way to travel the globe, working at Disney World, living the cruise ship life, visiting 48 out of 50 states on the musical theater circuit, the craziest things he saw while on the road, his favorite

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01:52:26

Firelight Chats Ep057 | Fugues of Freedom w/Ivan Yanakov

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2024/01/26

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Ivan Yanakov struck his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha about piano, music, freedom, and life. From his childhood in communist Bulgaria, Ivan takes the audience on a whirlwind tour through the French alps, over to the US, back across the pond to London, and all around Asia. He shares stories about pivotal skiing accidents, childhood letters to dictators, enormous protests, seeing the free world for the first time, learning English, great

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01:35:04

Firelight Chats Ep056 | Final Mocha-Truffle Fantasy...

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2024/01/22

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Fan Shen & special guest Truffle, navigated their way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about her career in gaming and more. Fan shares valuable stories, learnings, and insights from her rich & rewarding career working at Riot Games, on the Luna cloud gaming platform of Amazon, and leading gaming & partnerships for the $725M Ecosystem Fund at Dapper Labs. This episode also marks the first public tease of the upcoming Mocha

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02:37:27

Firelight Chats Ep055 | Oddest One Out w/Ronald Chan

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2023/12/20

In this final episode of the Firelight Chats 2023 Season, Ronald Chan brewed his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about his life as the oddest one out. Ron shares stories about Canada & his powerful cousin & former guest Angela Feng (Ep045), Club Super Sex & their lovely lunch buffets, studying abroad in Tokyo, classroom hierarchies & other cultural differences, contemplating working as a male host, having to return to Canada, entering management

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02:14:05

Firelight Chats Ep054 | Blvck Tiger King w/Vincent...

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2023/12/16

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Vincent Soberano elbowed his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about his martial artistic life. He shares stories about growing up in the Philippines during martial law, falling in love with Muay Thai at the age of 10, watching kung fu double features with his dad, street fights and competitions, taking the rigorous tests to enter the most prestigious military academy in the country, getting through the tortuous plebe year,

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01:50:07

Firelight Chats Ep053 | Worldwide Chameleon vs...

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2023/12/10

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Philippe Ho made his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about a remembrance of things past and God's Plan for the present & future. Philippe shares stories about his family's deep historical ties to the founding of the Republic of China, escape from the mainland to Taiwan, another pivotal migration to France, being born on a tiny island in the middle of Paris, growing up as mixed-race kid, dealing with identity crises, having a

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01:38:00

Firelight Chats Ep052 Hypnotik Dream Maker w/Melody Hsu

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2023/12/03

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Melody Hsu hip-hopped her hypnotik way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about business, music, her fast life & fast cars. Melody shared stories about growing up in the States, the importance of getting dirty & getting out into nature, her favorite camp sites, pink power ranger suits, being a caucasian girl, reverse culture shock in Taipei, the teachers that made a difference in her life, re-learning Chinese, her college dance

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01:36:07

Firelight Chats Ep051 | Factory of Innovations &...

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2023/11/25

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Ron Wardle penetrated his way into the Spacelab market to chat by the fireside with Kane & Mocha about his 15+ years of experience as the ex-CEO of the largest, foreign e-commerce & digital agency in China, where he helped bring 150+ western brands into the Chinese market, and helped generate over $350M for his partners & clients. Ron shares deep insights & stories about business, brand entry, e-commerce, live streaming, viral campaigns, visual

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01:33:56

Firelight Chats Ep050 | Life In Taiwan: Taylor Made...

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2023/11/20

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Taylor Chen lit her way to the Spacelab to chat by the fireside with Kane & Mocha about sports, professional broadcasting, work culture, and a new reality show concept for Taiwan. Taylor shares stories about calling Dwight Howard's debut game in Taiwan, being joined by Superman on a playoff broadcast, chicken ass & 7-foot giants, commentating on a bench-clearing brawl, the professional agent life, coordinating transportation logistics for the WBC, the

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02:10:05

Firelight Chats Ep049 | Sunrise Ruby Refulgence w/Dr....

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2023/11/09

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Dr. Drew mined his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about the life & business surrounding gemstones. Drew shares incredible stories about running away at the age of 17 to study gemology in Mumbai, pivoting to Sri Lanka just as the civil war was coming to an end, making his way to Chanthaburi - a Thai city known as the City of Gems, getting robbed, learning Muay Thai & Karate to protect himself, the red curry & hidden

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01:51:58

Firelight Chats Ep048 | Kung Fu Mama Star w/Sarah Chang

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2023/10/30

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Sarah Chang rigged her way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about her stunt & action-packed life as a martial arts movie star. Sarah shares stories about growing up in Virginia, the difficulties of stretching & memorizing forms, college life in Toronto, mastering the king of weapons, traveling the world to compete for the US Wushu National Team, training with & competing against her childhood idols, getting stitches,

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01:49:25

Firelight Chats Ep047 | Breathtaking B-ball...

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2023/10/25

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Ryan Chen commentated his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about basketball, baseball, broadcasting, and the sports marketing & business world. Ryan shares stories about growing up in Taiwan as an American kid, going to TAS, getting his first taste of Moneyball sabermetrics at Santa Clara University, his CPBL demo reel and return to Taiwan, how he transitioned into the PLG, learning about Chick Hearn, his broadcasting

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