In part two of our interview with Vickie Wang (王宇平), she talked about how the COVID lockdown of 2022 in Shanghai affected her mental health, her thoughts on the Great Recall movement in Taiwan last year, how she questions her Taiwanese-ness i.e. if she’s Taiwanese enough, generative propaganda, and how she got into stand-up comedy. ..Read More
June 21, 2025
We recently sat down with Wen-Jen Deng one of the artists in residence at the Taiwanese American Arts Council’s House 17 on Governors Island and Ming Turner, curator of Wen-Jen’s art exhibit :The Embedded Stitch- Contemporary Fiber Art, which is currently showing at Tenri Cultural Institute until June 28th According to Deng’s curator Ming
June 2, 2025
This past Sunday, May 26th we stopped by the annual Passport to Taiwan that’s held in New York City’s Union Square Park. The first Passport to Taiwan was held in 2002 and it’s become the largest outdoor Taiwanese American event in the entire United States. While there I spoke with the Taiwanese American Arts Council’s
May 26, 2025
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Since May is both Mental Health Awareness Month and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we think it’s fitting to reshare this episode with Jane W. Wang. What we really appreciate about this interview with Jane back in 2021 is how she spoke so openly about how she dealt with her bouts of depression. She also
May 18, 2025
Academics, Activism, Art & Culture, Asian International Affairs, Coronavirus, Diseases and Disabilities, Entrepreneurship, Indigenous Taiwan, Medical Professionals, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Sunflower Movement, Taiwan, Taiwan Books, Taiwan Citizenship, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Studies, Taiwan Travel, Taiwan vs China, White Terror, Writers
Few contemporaries are more qualified than Dr. Jerome Keating on understanding the history of Taiwan. He has been living in Taiwan for over 30 years. Initially he came over to Taiwan to work on the MRT. May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and since 1999, Congressman David Wu (OR) and the co-chairs of the
April 16, 2025
Cathy Erway talks about her cookbook The Food of Taiwan. Last year I came across an article in the Gothamist titled, A Taiwanese food crawl in the East Village with NYC writer Cathy Erway. I have of course heard of Cathy Erway and her cookbook and thought to myself, Why haven’t I had her on
March 29, 2025
228 Incident, Academics, Activism, Asian International Affairs, Asian mental health, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Books, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Studies, Taiwan vs China, White Terror, Writers
For this year’s 228 episode, we wanted to release my interview with Nâ Sū Phok (藍士博), the Executive Director of the 228 Memorial Foundation in Taiwan. Last July 2024, I sat down with him at the Taiwanese American Conference at West Chester University about his work for the 228 Memorial Foundation. You may be wondering
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