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 who are based in Taiwan. In order to do all that we want to do, we are going to have to do some fundraising and crowdfunding. Hear what we have planned and to learn how you can support the Talking Taiwan Election Tour!
Help us get the show on the road as we take the Talking Taiwan podcast back to Taiwan just in time for the presidential election on January 13th. There’s never been a better time for us to do this! The presidential election comes around once every 4 years. We want to take this opportunity to showcase Taiwan’s young vibrant democracy and to do some in-person episodes with guests who are based in Taiwan.
We’re calling it our “Talking Taiwan Election Tour” campaign. We plan to do several election coverage episodes with Courtney Donovan Smith, who is a seasoned political commentator, Taiwan News columnist, ICRT correspondent, and has frequently appeared on Taiwan Plus News, and on the Taiwan Plus Taiwan Talks show. We’re planning to meet with Courtney in Taichung to do a live in-person episode there.
During this trip we are not only going to be in Taipei and Taichung but we plan to also travel down to Kaohsiung. We’ll be doing coverage and meeting with special guests from northern, central and southern Taiwan. I’m looking forward to meeting some of our past guests in-person for the very first time. Speaking of meeting people in person…
While we are in Taiwan there will be two special in-person gatherings organized for Talking Taiwan, one at the Pic Collage Office, thanks to John Fan, and another gathering will be held at 4SC CrossFit’s Xindian Branch, thanks to T.H. Schee.
PLEASE NOTE: GoFundMe donors will not be eligible to attend these in-person gatherings, due to GoFundMe’s rules and regulations which state that 1) fundraisers that offer perks or rewards to donors aren’t allowed and 2) no raffles, sweepstakes, giveaways, or promotions may be offered in exchange for any donations made to your GoFundMe.
If you’d like a special invitation to one of these in-person gatherings with us in Taipei, make sure you make your donation via Paypal: https://tinyurl.com/zn3zm9ux, Zelle, Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/talkingtaiwan, or personal check and provide us with your email address.
Our goal is to raise $25,000 to cover all expenses for the “Talking Taiwan Election Tour” like air fare, accommodations, travel within the island, transporting all of our equipment and other incidentals. We are setting a deadline of December 31st to raise money for this trip.
We’re off to a great start because we are starting off with a Matching Donation Pledge of $5,000 offered by Patrick Huang. This means the first $5,000 we raise will be automatically doubled to $10,000 and we’ll be nearly halfway to reaching our fundraising goal.
During this campaign we will be completely transparent in publicly listing the names of donors and the amounts donated, however if you’d like to be kept anonymous, you can indicate this when you donate on GoFundMe or inform us at the time of your donation via email at talkingtaiwanpodcast@gmail.com. The tally for “Talking Taiwan’s Election Tour” will be shown on the Talking Taiwan website and on our GoFundMe page the count will begin after $19,129. So we will need to reach a total of $44,129 on GoFundMe.
There are some other ways that you can support us. You can donate/offer housing during our stay, or donate airline tickets, or hook us up with discounted airfares.
We’ll be sure to share more exciting news and announcements as the campaign progresses. So stay tuned for more updates from us.
We are so grateful for our growing listenership and want to thank you to all of our listeners, past, present and future. It’s thanks to you and all of our supporters and donors that make what we do possible.
So help us get this show on the road. And raise the money by December 31st!
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
Related Links:
Courtney Donovan Smith’s latest coverage in Taiwan News on Taiwan’s Presidential Election 2024: ‘Baldy’ and ‘Golden Boy’ bring the magic to Hou Yu-ih’s poll numbers: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5051636
Courtney Donovan Smith’s Analysis: How the KMT-TPP Presidential Deal Fell Apart | TaiwanPlus News: https://youtu.be/_bgYmFLHwwM?si=u2B-dXqVLEmNXiDO
Courtney Donovan Smith of Taiwan Report Shares His Analysis on Taiwan’s 2022 “Nine-in-One” Local Elections (Episode 227): https://talkingtaiwan.com/courtney-donovan-smith-of-taiwan-report-shares-his-analysis-on-taiwans-2022-nine-in-one-local-elections-ep-227/
Taiwan Presidential Election of 2020: A Discussion with Chieh-Ting Yeh Ep 61
Taiwan Presidential Election of 2020: A Discussion with Chieh-Ting Yeh (Episode 61): https://talkingtaiwan.com/taiwan-presidential-election-2020-discussion-chieh-ting-yeh/
Outcome of the 2020 Taiwan Presidential Election: Perspectives by Gerrit van der Wees Ep 62
Outcome of the 2020 Taiwan Presidential Election: Perspectives by Gerrit van der Wees (Ep 62): https://talkingtaiwan.com/perspectives-on-the-2020-taiwan-presidential-election-ep-62/
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Stan from Poland: YouTuber Covers Political Commentary, Interviews, and News of Taiwan (Episode 248): https://talkingtaiwan.com/stan-from-poland-youtuber-covers-political-commentary-interviews-and-news-of-taiwan-ep-248/
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General Yu (于北辰): Former 4-Star General of Taiwan Army Shifts from KMT to Independent (Episode 256): https://talkingtaiwan.com/general-yu-%e4%ba%8e%e5%8c%97%e8%be%b0-former-4-star-general-of-taiwan-army-shifts-from-kmt-to-independent-ep-256/
Michael Turton: Taipei Times Columnist Talks About the 1992 Consensus Ep 257
Michael Turton: Taipei Times Columnist Talks About the 1992 Consensus (Episode 257): https://talkingtaiwan.com/michael-turton-taipei-times-columnist-talks-about-the-1992-consensus-ep-257/