Taiwan Talk

We bring Taiwan Talk to ICRT's Morning Show for an extended interview with Ben Hedges, the host of the popular youtube video series "A Laowai's View of China and Taiwan" (¦Ñ¥~¬Ý¤¤°ê¡B¦Ñ¥~¬Ý¥xÆW).

We welcome to the show the Director of Taiwan¡¦s National Space Organization Chang Kuei-Hsiang to learn about two Taiwan made satellites set to launch within the next 12 months.

CPBL Director of International Affairs James Young joins the Morning Show to tell us about all the action coming up as the league gets into full swing with its 27th season now under way.

We speak to Taipei Times Features Writer Han Cheung about his new column, Taiwan in Time, which provides a weekly look at important moments in Taiwan's history.

We last spoke to this group in 2013, when they were just beginning their ambitious plan to recruit and train teachers to address shortages in Taiwan's rural areas. We check back in, and also discuss the root causes of education inequality in Taiwan.

The hosts for the popular online Mandarin learning site ChinesePod make their second appearance on the Morning Show to discuss their new educational series aimed at making pronunciation easier for Chinese learners. We goof off a bit too.

The Morning Show's favorite international business guru, Steven Parker, stops by to teach us the ins and outs of professional networking.

We Speak to Tony Coolidge, the founder of the American Basketball English Camp, a program that aims to make English learning more accessible in Taiwan by bringing it to the basketball court.

We invite Taipei Times features reporter Dana Ter onto the show to take us on a tour of Taiwan's burgeoning craft beer scene.

With the Taiwan International Orchid Show in Tainan wrapping up this week, we speak with the exhibitions's vice president, Professor Wen-Huei Chen, to learn how Taiwan came to be such a powerhouse in the field of orchid cultivation.

On this live segment, we get schooled on how to make a proper cup of tea the Taiwan way by Nathan Davis of The Tea Syndicate, a group working to let more people in on the pleasures of Gongfu Cha.

Bertelsmann Stiftung's Transformation Index placed Taiwan at the top of its 2016 rankings of "developing and transitional" countries for its strong gains in democratic institutions and its market economy. Listen in to hear what Taiwan is doing right.

We speak with Jonathan Benda of Northeastern University about American author Vern Sneider¡¦s 1953 novel, A Pail of Oysters, which gave a US audience a rare, unflinching glimpse of life in Taiwan during the White Terror period.

We speak with novelist Shawna Yang Ryan about her newly released book, "Green Island," which provides a fictional account of one family swept up in the powerful forces unleashed by the 228 Incident.

We speak with US expat and prominent showtcaster Ben Novotny about his work in Taiwan's eSports world, and why he believes competitive video gaming should be regarded as an official sport in Taiwan.

We speak with Dr. Wei-sen Li of Taiwan's National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction about what this month's earthquake disaster in Tainan reveals about Taiwan's earthquake preparedness.

We speak with French puppeteer Jean-Luc Penso about his time studying under renowned Taiwanese puppet master Li Tian-lu, and his work sharing the art of traditional Taiwanese puppet theater with the world.

We speak with Father Barry Martinson about his bestselling book "Song of Orchid Island," which recounts the year he spent living on the island among the indigenous Tao people. The book was recently released in a digital format by Camphor Press.

We speak with the foundation's deputy chief executive, Lin Mei-hsun, who says that it's important to look past the symbolism of the Tsai victory, and instead watch to see whether or not her administration will really deliver on policies to protect women.

We speak with political scientist Dr. Nathan Batto of Academia Sinica to get his take on what the landslide DPP victory is going to mean for Taiwan politics going forward.