December 21, 2023

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

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December 17, 2023

This is the apology episode. Our deepest apologies.   Listen to find out why. And looking ahead to 2024, we are making some changes. Help us Get the Show on the Road by Supporting the Talking Taiwan Election Tour!   Support Talking Taiwan: https://talkingtaiwan.com/support/ GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/building-talking-taiwans-legacy/donate PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/zn3zm9ux Zelle: talkingtaiwanpodcast@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/talkingtaiwan

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December 13, 2023

January 13, 2024 is not just the date of the Taiwan presidential election; seats for the Legislative Yuan will also be elected on that day. My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Dr. Fan, the Coordinator of the Overseas William Lai (Lai Ching-te) for President Committee. We talked about why he’s supporting Lai

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December 11, 2023

My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Hsin-Tai Wu (吳欣岱), a member of the Taiwan Statebuilding party. We talked about how and why she went from being a cardiovascular surgeon to joining the Taiwan Statebuilding party and becoming a politician, the background and goals of the Taiwan Statebuilding party, and how the party

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December 6, 2023

We’ve got some big news for you! Talking Taiwan is taking the show on the road, back to Taiwan. Kaju and I are planning to be back there during the upcoming presidential election on January 13th. We will be doing election coverage and in-person interviews with some of our most popular guests, and new guests

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December 2, 2023

This episode is about Gao Yuan’s occidental journey to becoming a photographer and filmmaker, and some of the coincidences along the way. This interview with photographer, filmmaker Gao Yuan was originally part of episode 260 about coincidences connected with the Taiwanese American Arts Council’s house, Building 7B on New York’s Governors Island, which has affectionately

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