Taiwan Talk

Cartoon Network's Head of Dubbing in Taiwan April Chang tells us about how the network dubs their cartoons into Chinese and reworks the dialogue so that it works for a Taiwanese audience. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

On this episode we discuss the new book Hello, Taiwan, a collection of David Smith's Taiwan photos along with reflections on his experiences here published in Chinese. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We speak to Minister Kuan about the Ma administration's economic initiative to create special areas to test out policies for deregulation. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We're joined by Father Peter Nguyen Van Hung to discuss the Ministry of Labor's recent announcement that it is reviewing measures to increase the salary for domestic workers to the minimum wage and increase mandatory break time. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The Center is a joint project of the local non-profit Taiwan Design Center and the US Department of State. ICRT sits down with the organizations to talk about the partnership's goals. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The first ever winners of Taiwan's own Tang Prize are slated to be announced later this week, and on Taiwan Talk today we're joined by Tang Prize Foundation CEO Jesse Chern to learn a little bit more about the award dubbed by many the "Asian Nobel." -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We sit down with the advocacy group's co-founder, Ping Chu, to hear why they are calling on the government to lower some of the legal barriers that they say make it difficult for many foreign white-collar professionals to live and work in Taiwan. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

With Computex Taipei kicking of this week, we caught up with Ford's Dr. K. Venkatesh Prasad to walk us through some of the new on car technologies that will be on display at the trade show. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We speak to the Academia Sinica academician about how he believes Taiwan should go about securing a stable energy supply in the coming years. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We speak with Locke about his new book that recounts his experiences serving in the Taiwanese military in the mid-90's as a U.S. born Caucasian. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Taiwan Talk checks in with some of the filmmakers behind the locally produced films premiering at this year's festival. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

This is the trial run of ICRT's new show, HereSay, a show featuring spoken word performances from Taiwan. To give us feedback on the show, please send an email to keith@icrt.com.tw. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Recently more than a hundred real estate experts formed a group to call on the government to reform Taiwan's housing market. We speak to one of those experts for his takes on the government's proposals so far. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

League games kicked off in March, so we're joined by the CPBL¡¦s James Young to gives us the rundown on what to expect this season and to talk little bit about baseball¡¦s place in Taiwan¡¦s athletic world. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We speak with the student-run nonprofit about its annual symposium which wrapped up last week wherein student delegates from China, Taiwan and the United States held moderated talks on issues related to cross-strait relations. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Huang Ting-Ting with the Chinese Innovation and Invention Society tells us about some of the inventions that grabbed attention at the fair, and about inventors in Taiwan. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The former Chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan discusses how the current political crisis could affect the trilateral relationship between Taiwan, the U.S. and China. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We speak with the founders of the annual music festival, Jimi Moe and Wade Davis, about this year's event and the changes it¡¦s seen over the past twenty years. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We speak to participants of a demonstration organized by the White Justice Social Alliance over the weekend to oppose the ongoing occupation of the Legislative Yuan. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The owner of a Taichung based company supplying brewing ingredients and equipment gives his perspective on Taiwan's growing craft beer and home brewing movement. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

For the view from the rank and file we went to the Legislative Yuan to speak with student protesters Shawna Wei and Paris Shi. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We sit down with Lin Fei-Fan at the Legislative Yuan to talk about proposed talks with President Ma Ying-jeou and what he hopes to accomplish through them. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan supervisor and Bitcoin entrepreneur joins us to discusses what the virtual currency can do for consumers and businesses in Taiwan, and why financial regulators say they're going to keep a close eye on its use. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We sit down with Jane Wang, Zona Tsou, and Lauren Mark to talk about Becoming, a new organization in Taipei that invites people to share their creative talents through workshops and events. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We speak with Anting Liu about Teach for Taiwan, an organization that she founded to help bring more teachers to remote areas in Taiwan. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn