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What Taiwan Can Learn from Ukraine: A Panel Discussion Hosted by FAPA (Part 2) Ep 335

Felicia Lin — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 02:00:37 +0000

What Taiwan Can Learn from Ukraine, Part 2.

Earlier this year, on March 30, at the Taiwan Center in Flushing NY, FAPA (Formosan Association for Public Affairs) hosted a panel discussion, Lessons from the Battlefield: What Taiwan Can Learn From Ukraine. Representatives from the Ukrainian community, Razom for Ukraine and Dignitas Ukraine and FAPA discussed how NGOs can strengthen advocacy, humanitarian aid, and international collaboration.

It was a very substantive discussion that we wanted to record and share with FAPA’s permission to our listeners. This episode part two is the second half of the panel discussion. To listen to the first half of the panel discussion listen to the previous episode, episode 334.

The Real Life “Love in Taipei” Story: Virtuoso Musician Couple Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim Ep 329

Felicia Lin — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:21:32 +0000

In this episode, the husband-and-wife team, gypsy jazz and classical guitarist Antoine Boyer and chromatic harmonica player Yeore Kim shared about their real life “Love in Taipei” story. He’s from France and she’s from South Korea, so music was their first common language. We also talked about how they navigate their partnership as life partners and as musical partners, and their debut duet album You and I.

If you’d like to know more about Antoine you can check out Kaju’s in-depth interview with Antoine on YouTube

Documentary Films on the Pandemic, Immigration, and Human Rights Issues: Our Talk with Taiwanese American Filmmaker Hsuan Yu Pan Ep 301

Felicia Lin — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:28:47 +0000

In this episode of Talking Taiwan, I started off speaking with Taiwanese American documentary filmmaker Hsuan Yu Pan about how she got interested in documentary filmmaking. As we talked about her films, we covered a broad range of topics from the COVID-19 pandemic to parallels between the 2017 travel bans that barred people from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the U.S. and internment of Japanese Americans in the1940s. Time and time again entire groups of people have been targeted and blamed.

This led us back to the pandemic and recalling the high incidence of Asian hate that happened at that time. Her current film project Hear, Eat, Home touches on many of these topics including the Syrian Revolution and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. After speaking to Hsuan Yu I get the sense that through her documentary filmmaking she wishes to create understanding so that history doesn’t repeat itself and to foster more empathy in the world.

Below in the Related Links section is a link where you can support and watch a work in progress version of Hsuan Yu’s film Hear, Eat, Home.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

Hsuan Yu’s upbringing and how she initially had aspirations to be a visual artist
How Hsuan Yu got interested in documentary filmmaking
How Hsuan Yu’s early experiences editing wedding videos taught her how to use video footage to tell a story
How her work at Bric TV taught her how to find stories
How she came up with the concept for her documentary film Alone Together that was shot during the pandemic
How footage for Alone Together was gathered and planned
How Alone Together featured footage from 11 different countries
What Hsuan Yu learned from making the film Alone Together
Hsuan Yu views her filmmaking as being about telling people’s stories
How she met the Taiwanese puppeteer, Mr. Tsai who is the subject of her documentary film project I, Puppet
How Hsuan Yu was able to encourage Mr. Tsai to do some impromptu puppetry in New York’s Washington Square Park
How Mr. Tsai attended a Puppet Slam event in Coney Island, NY and brought the puppet slam concept back to his puppet museum in Taipei, Taiwan
The relationship between Mr. Tsai and his father who is also a puppeteer
How and why Mr. Tsai’s parents didn’t want him to become a puppeteer
What Hsuan Yu loves about making documentaries
Her documentary film project Hear, Eat, Home
How two of the subjects of the film Hear, Eat, Home, Kinan Azmeh and Kevork Mourad are members of Yo-yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble
How the internment of Japanese Americans and the travel bans of 2017 (aka Muslim bans) are examples of how the U.S. government has labeled certain groups of people as a threat and discriminated against them
How Kinan Azmeh was affected by the travel bans of 2017 (aka Muslim bans)
How different groups have been blamed such as the Japanese Americans, Muslim Americans and Asian American
How as a documentary filmmaker Hsuan Yu feels that sne should document history so that people can learn from history
Kevork Mourad’s background and family story
What the film Hear, Eat, Home is about
Hear Eat Home tells the story of Syrians, Japanese Americans and Ukrainians
What Hsuan Yu believes makes a good documentary
How Hsuan Yu was trying to finish working on Hear, Eat, Home in 2020, but she wasn’t satified with it
When the Russian invasion of Ukraine happened in 2022 Hsuan Yu felt that she should include stories of her Ukrainian friends in to the film Hear, Eat, Home
Hsuan Yu plans to complete Hear, Eat, Home me next year
Hear Eat Home is available for view as a work in progress until January 5th
Anyone wishing to support the completion of Hsuan Yu’s film Hear, Eat, Home can make a donation on the link provided on TalkingTaiwan.com for this episode

Michelle Krusiec: Acclaimed Actor, Writer, and Director Talks About Dealing with Institutional Racism and her Sources of Inspiration Ep 279

Felicia Lin — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:35:55 +0000

Last September I 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.

We talked about the different phases of her career starting with her one-woman show, Made in Taiwan, which earned her much critical acclaim. She wrote, directed and acted in it in her 20s. Then there was her first main character role in a feature film, Saving Face, a film that put her on my radar and so many others’ in 2004. In 2020 she portrayed the legendary Anna May Wong in the Netflix series Hollywood. Stepping into that role helped her to rethink the institutionalized racism that she’s experienced as an actor. Michelle also talked about her directorial projects, and expressed her thoughts on the SAG-AFTRA strike, and so much more.

March is Women’s History Month and so we thought this would be the perfect time to release the first episode of the Trailblazing Taiwanese Women’s series sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women’s Association, which was founded in 1988. To learn more about NATWA visit their website: www.natwa.com

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

How she got on the path of acting
The stereotypical Asian roles she took on early in her career
The struggles she’s faced in her acting career
How playing the role of Anna May Wong helped her to rethink the institutional racism that she’s faced as an actor
Her first leading role in a feature film (Saving Face)
How she grew up she didn’t see many people who looked like her on television and longed to change that
How Michelle prepared for her role in Saving Face by going to Taiwan to learn Mandarin
How Michelle prepared for her role as Anna May Wong in the Netflix series Hollywood
Michelle’s directing projects
Michelle’s one woman show Made in Taiwan and how it opened doors for her and got her a deal with ABC TV
How anti-Asian hate became more prevalent during the pandemic but was around long before
Her upbringing and how it impacted her early career
Michelle’s Washington Post op ed piece
How a fortune teller impacted Michelle’s adoption
The connection between Made in Taiwan and Michelle’s short film, Bite
Michelle’s short film Nian
Michelle’s thoughts on motherhood and parenthood
The writing/directing projects that Michelle is working on
Michelle’s thoughts on the SAG-AFTRA strike
Michelle’s support for SB 805, a bill that supported funding for nonprofit theaters
How Michelle was affected by the BLM (Black Lives Matter) demonstrations that arose during the pandemic
Michelle’s advice to others who want to pursue acting or directing
Michelle’s connection to Taiwan

Remembering 228 Tragic Stories and the March Massacres Ep 277

Felicia Lin — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:05:17 +0000

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 to 30 thousand. Two years earlier, in 1945, the Chinese Nationalists or Kuomintang had fled from China to Taiwan. After Japan’s occupation of Taiwan had ended and since the arrival of the KMT, discontent had been brewing for some time.

So on the night of February 27, 1947 when Tobacco Monopoly Bureau agents tried to confiscate contraband cigarettes from a 40-year-old woman and brutally knocked her out, an angry crowd gathered in protest. Then one of the agents fired a shot into the crowd killing a bystander. What followed was a bloody crackdown by authorities, widespread violence and what some have called the March Massacres since most of the killings actually happened in March.

In this episode, is a personal account that James Shau, chairperson of the Taiwanese American Association of New York shared at last year’s 228 commemoration at the New York Taiwan Center.

Mr. Shau’s account is a reminder of how widespread the violence was at that time. And while we now know that intellectuals and community leaders were among those who were specifically targeted, there were many unknown, unnamed who also senselessly lost their lives.

228 led to 38 years of martial law and an even longer period of White Terror in Taiwan. Let us also remember those who suffered during those subsequent periods of time.

In more recent news related to 228, Taiwan’s Transitional Justice Commission has identified 42 historical sites where injustice related to 228 have happened.

On Monday, February 26 just a few days ago, the Executive Yuan compound was designated as a historical site of injustice. 77 years ago, it was the Taiwan Provincial Administrative Executive Office when the Chinese Nationalist Kuomintang KMT military police fired indiscriminately on protestors on February 28, 1947.

Other historical sites of injustice that have been unveiled include the Jing-mei White Terror Memorial Park which used to be the Taiwan Garrison Command’s detention center and military court, the Ankang Reception House, and the Tang Te-chang Memorial Park in Tainan.

Special thanks to Meiling Lin for her translation assistance for this episode.

Talking Taiwan Top 5 Episodes of 2023 End of Year Review Ep 269

Felicia Lin — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 04:23:49 +0000

Here we are again… at the end of another year and we’re getting ready to reveal the top 5 Talking Taiwan episodes of 2023!

We want to take a moment to especially thank all those who have supported and donated to the Talking Taiwan Election Tour. So far we have raised 40% of our overall fundraising goal of $25,000. Because of your support we will be heading to Taiwan in January to cover the presidential election and also producing additional episodes in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung.

We’re also grateful to all of our amazing guests and want to thank each and every one for being a part of the Talking Taiwan podcast.

Stay tuned for the first new episode of the New Year featuring political commentator Courtney Donovan Smith sharing his analysis of Taiwan’s presidential debate.

Soon Talking Taiwan will be taking the show on the road to Taiwan for the Talking Taiwan Election Tour. We’ll be covering Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election with pre-election coverage and a post-election discussion. Plus, we’ll be traveling to Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung and producing additional episodes related to these 3 major cities.

Wishing you a wonderful rest of 2023 and a Happy New Year!

Dr. Wei-Ping Li: How Taiwan’s Media Environment Changed from Martial Law Era to Present Ep 267

Felicia Lin — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:48:59 +0000

I spoke with Wei-Ping Li about the laws and mechanisms of the censorship from Taiwan’s martial law era and the impact it had on Taiwan’s media environment, and how Taiwan’s media environment had changed since then.

These days Taiwan is known to be the most free and democratic country in Asia, but it wasn’t always that way. It’s hard to imagine that Taiwan has had a very dark period of history during which there was massive censorship. At one time Taiwan had the longest period of martial law in the world at 38 years. During the martial law period from 1949 to 1987, and the White Terror era that extended beyond the lifting of Taiwan’s martial law, there was no freedom of speech, expression or thought, and advocating for the independence of Taiwan was a crime punishable by death. This episode examines how Taiwan’s transformation from an authoritarian state to a democracy, has impacted Taiwan’s media environment.

Wei-Ping is speaking in a personal capacity (as a media scholar who studied Taiwanese media) and the views expressed in this interview were all her own personal opinions.

About Wei-Ping Li

Wei-Ping Li is a research fellow at Taiwan FactCheck Center. She collaborates with fact-checkers to monitor disinformation trends in Taiwan and produces analysis reports for both English and Chinese audiences. Her English analyses are published in Taiwan FactCheck Center’s biweekly newsletter “TFC Disinfo Detector.”

Li received her Ph.D. degree at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Her research interests include propaganda, social media content moderation, free speech challenges faced by democratic countries, and privacy issues in the digital era. She has published scholarly articles in academic journals, books, and law reviews.

Before pursuing an academic career, she offered consulting services on digital human rights in Asia. She also worked as a journalist for media outlets in Taiwan for several years. She earned her LL.M. (Master of Laws) degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and has been admitted to the practice of law in New York State.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

Wei-Ping’s previous career in journalism that started in 2001
How Wei-Ping was one of the speakers in a discussion about America Skepticism Theory organized by GTI (Global Taiwan Institute)
How Taiwan is currently the most free and democratic country in Asia
Taiwan has had the second longest period of martial law in world history, and a dark period of extreme censorship and authoritarianism during and after martial law was lifted in 1987
The restrictions, and laws of Taiwan’s martial law era included two tracks one was martial law and the other was called The Period of Mobilization for the Suppression of Communist Rebellion
The mechanisms that enforced the restrictions, and laws of Taiwan’s martial law era, such as publishing laws, Article 100 of the Criminal Code and the Betrayers Punishment Act
Bans on the media, newspapers, songs, films, books
Why Mark Twain’s book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the wuxia novels of Jin Yong were previously banned in Taiwan
Some of the bureaus and departments that enforced censorship laws include: Taiwan Garrison Command, Information Bureau, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Interior, Council for Overseas Communities
How the Kuomintang extended their censorship to newspapers issued overseas
How private correspondence was monitored and surveilled
How the Kuomintang was trying to build a comprehensive mechanism of censorship in the 1950s
After martial law was lifted in Taiwan the government imposed a National Security Law
How it took the efforts of many advocates and advocates to break up the barriers and restrictions to gain more freedom
The Period of Mobilization Law was lifted in 1991by President Lee Teng-hui and the bans on newspapers were lifted in 1988
How in 1989 (a year after bans on newspapers were lifted) Cheng Nan-jung, the publisher of the Freedom Era Weekly or New Era Weekly barricaded himself in his office and set himself on fire in protest against the restriction of media freedom
The nature of the bans on newspapers that were lifted
How Criminal Code Article 100 did not allow people to advocate for Taiwan independence, or criticize high ranking officials or presidents
The article written by Cheng Nan-jung in 1987 that criticized the authorities’ methods of restricting freedom of speech
Topics that the Freedom Era Weekly addressed included the health of President Chiang Ching-kuo, power struggles inside the intelligence bureaus
The police that tried to arrest Chen Nan-jung on April 7, 1989 was headed by Hou You-yi, who is the KMT’s presidential candidate for Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election
How the Taiwan Independence Association led the repeal of the Betrayers Punishment Act, and amendment of Criminal Code Article 100
In 1998 Taiwan’s constitutional court made a decision that advocating for Taiwan independence is no longer a crime
How Taiwan’s history has affected its media environment
The trauma of censorship on the Taiwanese
Taiwan’s current media environment
Taiwan’s ranking on the World Press Freedom Index
Challenges in Taiwan’s current media environment
The self-censorship of businesses with close ties to China
How disinformation could flow into Taiwan through PTT (Taiwan’s bulletin board system)

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Kristin McCoy-Ward: Everything About Bubble Tea from the “Boba Queen” Ep 238

Felicia Lin — Mon, 22 May 2023 12:35:14 +0000

How is it that I haven’t done an episode about bubble tea? It’s surprising that of all the things related to Taiwan, that I’ve covered on this podcast, I haven’t covered this one.

Last year I heard that April 30^th was National Bubble Tea Day when I saw a tweet by President Tsai Ing-wen. So I got to work planning to release an episode about bubble tea for this year’s April 30th.

I started off speaking to New York-based bubble tea shop veteran Sam Lin who brought the Quickly bubble tea brand from Taiwan to New York. His first Quickly shop was in Flushing near the public library on Kissena. Now he runs 22 Coco bubble tea shops in New York, New Jersey and Boston. Sam’s mother is a street vendor in Taiwan selling douhua (a sweet dessert tofu) and Sam grew up eating douhua with tapioca balls long before there was this thing called bubble tea. Sam had some interesting things to say about the origins of bubble tea and who invented it.

As I was getting this episode ready for the end of April, I also spoke to Borcheng Hsu, organizer of the Bubble Tea Festival in New York, who clarified the origins of National Bubble Day.

And finally, I came across a YouTube channel called Bubble Tea Kristin. It’s an amazing resource for almost everything related to bubble tea. Kristin has recipes for those wanting to make bubble tea drinks at home. In the past she’s owned and run several bubble tea shops and what she does now is help people who dream of opening their own bubble tea shop. I wanted to find out why she’s been called the “Boba Queen,” so I looked her up and invited her to be a guest on Talking Taiwan.

This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women’s Association.

NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:

to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women’s dignity,
to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
to fully develop women’s potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
to reach out and work with women’s organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.

To learn more about NATWA visit their website: www.natwa.com

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

The origins of bubble tea and who invented it
Why National Bubble Tea Day is on April 30th
What should New York City celebrate as bubble tea day
Kristin the “Boba Queen”
Where Kristin’s love and interest in bubble tea comes from
How she learned about the bubble tea business and opened her own bubble tea shops
How she sold her bubble tea business at the beginning of the pandemic and now mentors and helps other people to open bubble tea shops
How her past experiences and childhood prepared her for being an entrepreneur and business owner
How it’s difficult to be profitable in the first year of running a bubble tea shop
What it takes to have a successful bubble tea shop
How to get the right texture for the tapioca pearls in bubble tea
The different types of tapioca pearl balls and toppings
How long tapioca pearls last after they are cooked
Kristin’s visit to Taiwan in 2018
How bubble tea shops are popping up all around the world
The different flavors of bubble tea that Kristin created for her shops
How bubble tea has evolved over the years since Kristin opened her first bubble tea shop
The reactions from people that Kristin has gotten since she is not from Taiwan or Asia
How she was once the only white female bubble tea shop owner in the U.K.
Any backlash she’s experienced as a bubble tea shop owner
How Kristin works with her bubble tea shop clients and advises them
Her recommendations of what to do in the first year of running a bubble tea shop
How the approach of business owners in the U.S. differs from those in the U.K.
How the pricing of bubble tea is important
How Kristin has helped bubble tea shop owners who have already started their business but run into some problems and need help
How Kristin sees her role in the world of bubble tea
What Kristin misses about running a tea shop
A drink recipe that people can make at home

Commemorating the 228 Massacre: Taboos, Scars, Stigmas, and an Essential Lesson in Taiwan History Ep 228

Felicia Lin — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:00:45 +0000

228, February 28, 1947 is an important date in history for Taiwan. In Taiwan it is a national holiday known as 228 Peace Day, and since 228, which is also known as the 228 Massacre is just around the corner, we thought we’d share the first of 2 special episodes that we did last year for the 75^th anniversary of the 228 Massacre.

At the same time, we wanted to share some community announcements for our listeners who might be looking for ways to commemorate 228. If you’re in New York, the Taiwan Center in Flushing, NY will be having a 228 Remembrance Memorial Service on Saturday, February 25, 2023 from 2:00-3:30pm. And for those in California, Josephine Pan tells me that annual 228 Commemorative Concert will be held in person again this year on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 7:30pm at the Arcadia Community Church. Both of these events are open and free to the public.

Full details for the 228 commemorative events in New York and California are listed below in the Related Links section.

This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women’s Association.

NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:

to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women’s dignity,
to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
to fully develop women’s potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
to reach out and work with women’s organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.

To learn more about NATWA visit their website: www.natwa.com

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

How each guest first heard of or learned about 228
How the 228 was a forbidden topic of discussion
How my guests and their families were personally impacted by 228
The Formosa Incident aka Kaohsiung Incident
The White Terror and Martial Law era of Taiwan
The writer who was sent to prison because of his Chinese-language translation of a Popeye comic
Why the topic of 228 has been so taboo
Tsuann’s grandfather who was a political prisoner during the White Terror era
Post-traumatic stress
What Tsuann’s relatives experienced and witnessed about 228
Why Tsuann decided to try to help 228 victims and their families
Green Island, the place where political prisoners were exiled
The case of a 15-year-old girl who was jailed
How political prisoners, after being released were ostracized by society
How things banned during the Martial Law era included books, music, art or any medium related to communism or that was critical of the Kuomintang
Personal accounts of people persecuted during the Martial Law era
The families whose husbands and fathers disappeared due to 228
What Josephine’s relatives experienced and witnessed about 228
The privileges and overrepresentation granted to the Chinese vs. local Taiwanese under Kuomintang (KMT) rule
The injustices in Taiwan’s society under the initial rule of the KMT
Why it’s important to remember and understand 228
The importance of healing from historic trauma
Canada’s residential schools
What Tsuann discovered about 228 survivors through her work with the Transitional Justice Committee
Why Josephine started organizing an annual concert to commemorate 228
How 228 became a national holiday in 1998 but has almost been cancelled as a holiday twice
Comparisons of 228 Peace Memorial Day with U.S. holidays such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Memorial Day
My guests’ thoughts on whether or not 228 remains a national holiday
Indigenous Peoples Day
How to commemorate 228
What young people in Taiwan know about 228
What was previously taught to Josephine, Tsuann, and Wei-Wei about Taiwan in their textbooks when they were high school students in Taiwan
How the 228 Massacre has only recently been included in high school textbooks
How the 228 Massacre is being taught in high schools
The Jing-Mei Prison Museum in Taipei
Music that was banned during the White Terror era
Experiential ways to learn about 228

228 Commemorative Concert

2-28 Commemorative Concert

Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 7:30pm

Arcadia Community Church (121 Alice Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006)

FREE Admission

The 228 Incident: https://228massacre.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_28_incident

https://www.taiwandc.org/228-intr.htm

The 2021 228 Concert sponsored by Taiwan Elite Alliance and Taiwanese United Fund: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAR2dJ1wvwM&t=127s

Taipei 228 Peace Park: https://eng.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0002090&id=R3

The First 228 Peace Memorial Monument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_228_Peace_Memorial_Monument

Chinese Nationalists aka Kuomintang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang

Republic of China (1912-1949): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)

History of Taiwan and Republic of China (1945-present): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Taiwan_(1945%E2%80%93present)

Martial Law in Taiwan: https://oftaiwan.org/history/white-terror/martial-law/

Nine years lost to ‘Popeye’ (an article from the Taipei Times): http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2017/09/24/2003679025

The “Kaohsiung Incident” of 1979 (an article from Taiwan Communique): https://www.taiwandc.org/hst-1979.htm

Formosa Incident (an article from OFT- Outreach for Taiwan): https://oftaiwan.org/history/white-terror/formosa-incident/

Formosa Magazine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosa_Magazine

The Kaohsiung Tapes (from Taiwan Communique): https://www.taiwandc.org/kao-tapes.pdf

International Human Rights Day: https://www.ohchr.org/en/aboutus/pages/humanrightsday.aspx

Taiwanese Hakka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_Hakka

https://taiwaneverything.cc/2020/10/08/hakka-people/

Yao Chia-wen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Chia-wen

A-bian (Chen Shui-bian): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Shui-bian

PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder): https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/ptsd/what-is-ptsd

Green Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Island,_Taiwan

National Assembly Elections Coming Up (1991): https://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc52-int.pdf

Su Tseng-chang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Tseng-chang

Hsieh Chang-ting (Frank Hsieh): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hsieh

Museum of Tolerance: https://www.museumoftolerance.com/

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day

Martin Luther King Jr.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Peoples%27_Day

Memorial Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day

‘Cultural genocide’: the shameful history of Canada’s residential schools – mapped (an article from The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2021/sep/06/canada-residential-schools-indigenous-children-cultural-genocide-map

HoChie Tsai, speaker: http://hochie.net/speaker.html

The Life Journey of a second generation Taiwanese American : Dr. Ho-Chi Tsai (from the Taiwanese American archives): https://taiwaneseamericanhistory.org/blog/mystories554/

Check out Talking Taiwan Episode 29 (One of our earliest episodes, so please excuse the sound quality): HoChie Tsai about TaiwaneseAmerican.org: https://talkingtaiwan.com/tt025-ho-chie-tsai/

In 2001, 228 was almost downgraded from a public holiday to a memorial day: https://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/96-no4.htm

https://www.qppstudio.net/public-holidays-news/2001/taiwan-to-maintain-228-public-holiday–for-the-moment-001476.htm

228 almost canceled in 2009: https://www.qppstudio.net/public-holidays-news/2009/taiwan-to-consider-cancelling-228-public-holiday-002061.htm

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/02/16/2003436230

Transitional Justice Commission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_Justice_Commission#:~:text=The%20Transitional%20Justice%20Commission%20

921 (September 21, 2009) Earthquake: https://bit.ly/3uychlo

Taiwan’s Textbook Controversy and the Struggle Over Taiwanese History: https://newbloommag.net/2015/07/06/taiwans-textbook-controversy/

Taiwan Has Its Own Textbook Controversy Brewing: https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/21/taiwan-textbook-controversy-china-independence-history/

United States Holocaust Museum: https://www.ushmm.org/

Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park: http://museu.ms/museum/details/18264/national-human-rights-museum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing-Mei_White_Terror_Memorial_Park

Chiang Kai-shek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek

Gone but Not Forgotten: 7 Historic Sites to Learn More About the White Terror: https://taiwan-scene.com/7-historic-sites-to-learn-more-about-the-white-terror/

Martial Law in Taiwan (Chinese language article): https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-40593296

228-related Music:

1947 Overture by Tyzen Hsiao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNCrnfhyUKw

228-related Movie:

Detention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq0K2ipTaPM

228-related Movie:

A City of Sadness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLcnPS3FgNo

228-related Museums:

National Human Rights Museum: https://www.nhrm.gov.tw/w/nhrm/index

Green Island White Terror Memorial: https://www.nhrm.gov.tw/w/nhrm/GI_Visit

Armenian Genocide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide

The 228 Massacre: Taboos, Scars, Stigmas and an Essential Lesson in Taiwan History Ep 171

Helping 228 Survivors Deal with Trauma: Dr. Michi Fu and Dr. Tsuann Kuo Work with the Transitional Justice Commission Ep 172

An Interview With Author Jennifer J. Chow About The 228 Legacy and Her Other Books Ep 65

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Ed Hill Talks About his Off Broadway Debut and Comedy Special “Candy and Smiley” Ep 226

Felicia Lin — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 08:22:37 +0000

Ed Hill is a Vancouver based Taiwanese Canadian comedian on his first national North American tour. We spoke about his early years in Canada, his connection to TAIWANfest and how his overachieving Asian tendencies came out when he first started doing comedy.

In 2021, Ed became the first comedian of Taiwanese-Canadian descent to release a full one-hour comedy special titled “Candy & Smiley.” The special was named “Top 15 Comedy Specials of 2021” by Paste Magazine and “Best of 2021” by NPR Radio. The special is currently streaming worldwide on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.

From March 30-April 2 Ed will be doing an off-Broadway show, “Stupid Ed” at the Tank in New York City.

Ed’s tweets have also been featured on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”, Buzzfeed, and The Huffington Post.

This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women’s Association.

NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:

to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women’s dignity,
to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
to fully develop women’s potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
to reach out and work with women’s organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.

To learn more about NATWA visit their website: www.natwa.com

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

Ed’s connection to TAIWANfest
Ed’s connection to Taiwan
The discrimination he’s experienced and how it became a part of his standup routine
How he got into doing standup comedy
How he handles it when he bombs as a comedian in front of an audience
How Ed’s training as a therapist informs his comedy
Ed’s comedic influences
Ed’s mentor the late comedian Louie Anderson
Ed’s tweets that have ended up on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and how he comes up with them
Ed’s first comedy special Candy and Smiley
How Ed’s first comedy special Candy and Smiley was affected by the pandemic
How Ed’s parents have reacted to his doing comedy
Ed’s upcoming off-Broadway show, Stupid Ed
Through his show Stupid Ed, Ed will be reflecting on his relationships with the female figures in his life
What Ed wants to do with his comedy
Ed’s story podcast, the Guide to Quarantine
Ed’s advice to others interested in doing standup comedy
What Ed gets out of doing standup comedy

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