We want to thank everyone who stopped by the Talking Taiwan podcasting booth and those that tuned in to our livestream on Facebook. We did have some technical issues with the sound on our livestream and a very loud generator in the booth, so thank you for bearing with us. Kaju, our sound engineer and executive producer, is optimistic that he’ll be able to do some sound editing magic with the interviews we recorded that day.

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Some of the people that stopped by that day included Tom Fifield of the Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office, author Ed Lin, multi-disciplinary artist Chin Chih Yang, singer and musician Jilliyeah, and Christine Su of TANG (Taiwanese American Next Generation). We’ll be sharing those interviews as future episodes of Talking Taiwan.

We’d also like to give a huge shoutout to our volunteers Josh and Marcellus. The two of you were indispensable in helping us to get set up and breaking down at the end of the day. We really couldn’t have done it without you!

In preparation for Passport to Taiwan, we created a selection of audio clips from some of our most notable interviews to play in our booth and we thought we’d share them with you here. Whether you’re new to Talking Taiwan or one of our loyal listeners we hope that you enjoy it and maybe even discover an episode that interests you.

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:

1. to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women’s dignity,
2. to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
3. to fully develop women’s potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
4. to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
5. 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

Related Links:

26 Notable Episodes Featured In The Talking Taiwan Podcasting Booth at the 2023 Passport to Taiwan

Passport to Taiwan 2023: U.S. Largest Taiwan Festival is Back in Union Square! Ep 239

Ed Lin: Winner of Three Asian American Literary Awards Talks About his New Book “Death Doesn’t Forget” Ep 197

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Stacey Pai, one of the founding team members of SPARK Accel, spoke with me about how SPARK Accel supports entrepreneurs, and what stage of entrepreneurs are eligible to participate in its accelerator program. As SPARK Accel grows, it is looking to recruit a volunteer program manager, fundraising manager, community manager, marketing manager, and startup mentors. This is a great opportunity for budding Taiwanese entrepreneurs.

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:

1. to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women’s dignity,
2. to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
3. to fully develop women’s potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
4. to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
5. 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:

• What is Spark Accel?
• What stage of entrepreneur Spark Accel serves
• When Spark Accel launched
• The first cohort in the summer of 2021 had 6 startup participants and 10 ppl on the leadership team, and over 30 mentors
• Spark Accel plans to launch 2 cohorts in 2023, one in April/May, and the other in Sep/Oct.
• How to apply and qualify for the Spark Accelerator program
• What will happen during the 4-week program and what participants will learn
• Spark Accel’s in-person mixers San Francisco, New York, Boston, and Taipei
• Future locations that will host Spark Accel in-person mixers
• How Spark Accel is run by volunteers and supported by fundraising and donations
• How many participants there are in each accelerator cohort
• At the end of the 4-week program there will be a pitch contest in order to win a cash prize of up to $15,000
• The “audience component” at the end of the program, which involves a video recording of pitches that will be shared online and via social media, and friends and family will be invited to vote
• The startups and mentors associated with Spark Accel
• Spark Accel is looking for volunteer mentors
• Spark Accel is recruiting for a volunteer program manager, fundraising manager, community manager, and marketing manager

Related Links:

Spark Accel: https://www.sparkaccel.com/

Spark Accel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sparkaccel

Spark Accel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparkaccelerator

Spark Accel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sparkaccel/

Giftpack: https://giftpack.ai/

Taelor: https://taelor.style/

Rent the Runway: https://www.renttherunway.com/

Sensay: https://www.oksensay.com/

Tutor ABC: https://www.tutorabc.com/site/en_us

AppWorks: https://appworks.tw/

Patrick Lee, founder of Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rottendoubt/

Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Kevin Lin, co-founder of Twitch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinlin3/

https://goldhouse.org/people/kevin-lin-2/

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/

Kevin Wong, founder of Lunar Hard Seltzer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinhwong/

Lunar Hard Seltzer: https://www.drinklunar.com/

Anya Cheng, founder of Taelor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anyacheng/

Small Talk at LGBTQ Film Festival: An Interview with Director Huang Hui-chen Ep 92

TAP-NY about the Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition Ep 30

Elena Liao about Te Company Ep 31

Andrew Yang Venture for America U.S. Presidential Candidate Talks Entrepreneurship Ep 103

Yao Huang: Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist, Founder of The Hatchery Ep 147

Yao Huang: Solving Financial Inequalities by Funding Minority Owned Businesses Ep 181

Covid 19 Taiwan Fundraiser: Raising Money for Society’s Most Vulnerable Ep 139

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 Dr. Jeng Yen is a NASA scientist and the “driver” of the Perseverance Mars rover. I initially interviewed Dr. Yen on April 9^th. We spoke about how he was first inspired to join NASA by the first Mars rover Sojourner, what’s been discovered about Mars since then, the age of space exploration, the work of Mars rover Perseverance and the Mars helicopter Ingenuity which is poised to be the first aircraft to fly on Mars.

I spoke with Dr. Yen again this past Friday, April 16^th and he gave me an important update on the Mars helicopter Ingenuity which has had to delay the date of its first flight on Mars.

We are excited to learn that on Monday April 19^th Ingenuity has indeed made history as the first aircraft humans have flown on another planet- Mars! You can watch the first flight of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter live from mission control here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/p1KolyCqICI

I’m so pleased to be sharing my full interview with Dr. Yen on this momentous day.

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

• How Dr. Yen’s interest in working for NASA was inspired by the first rover on Mars the Sojourner in 1997
• How Dr. Yen’s previous work in Minnesota on army high performance computing involved vehicle design
• What it’s like to live and work in Mars time
• The Mars helicopter Ingenuity
• The four Mars exploration missions that Dr. Yen has been on and what each accomplished
• Mars exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity’s discovery that there was past surface water on Mars
• Mars rover Curiosity and where it is in relation to the Perseverance rover
• What the interface used to drive the rover is like
• The Phoenix lander mission
• The InSight mission which is still running and learning about the core of Mars
• What happens if a part of the Perseverance rover breaks
• What happened when the Curiosity rover dropped its drill
• How long Perseverance will be on Mars
• The power that Perseverance runs on that allows it to last for years
• What is involved in landing a rover
• How video footage of Perseverance’s landing was captured
• How the Mars helicopter Ingenuity communicates with the Perseverance rover
• China’s plans to land a rover on Mars
• How Perseverance will be taking samples from Mars to see if there is any evidence of life on Mars and how these samples will be found and retrieved by a future rover
• If Elon Musk’s SpaceX could be the first to land humans on Mars
• Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin
• Will it be possible to colonize Mars in the next 30 years
• Which planet surface will NASA explore next
• The Europa clipper
• Why NASA uses the discovery of water as a standard to explore for life
• The Phoenix lander mission
• Where the name “Perseverance” for the current Mars rover came from
• Who names the Mars rovers
• The quest to answer the question are we alone in this universe
• STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) education
• How Dr. Yen founded the San Marino High School FRC (First Robotics Competition)
• Dr. Yen’s advice for people interested in working in the field of space exploration or aeronautics

Related Links:

About Dr Jeng Yen: https://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Jeng_Yen/personFull.cfm

NASA Website: https://www.nasa.gov/

NASA YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ

NASA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASA

NASA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASA

NASA on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nasa

Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars! (Full video and reporting on NASA’s Perseverance Rover): https://youtu.be/gm0b_ijaYMQ

Nasa Mars rover: Key questions about Perseverance:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53129281

First Flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: Live from Mission Control: https://youtu.be/p1KolyCqICI

Sojourner NASA’s first rover on Mars:

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/july-4-1997-sojourner-arrives-on-the-red-planet

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasas-first-rover-on-the-red-planet

Info about the Mars rovers: https://go.nasa.gov/2QG5Uuo

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

Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/mars-exploration-rovers/

Mars rover Curiosity: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html

Europa Clipper: https://europa.nasa.gov/

Phoenix Mars lander: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html

InSight mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/

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

Who names NASA’s Mars Rovers? https://share.america.gov/who-names-nasas-mars-rovers/

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NASA’s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter will attempt to become the first aircraft to fly over another planet on April 19. I just interviewed Dr Yen the driver of Mars Rover Perseverance on Talking Taiwan and he shared some exciting news with me.

My full interview with Dr. Jeng Yen will be published Monday April 19th.

Talking Taiwan is pleased to be the first podcast to interview the NASA scientist.

Don’t miss this important and historic interview!

Related Links: 

6 Things to Know About NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/6-things-to-know-about-nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter

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