Taiwan Talk

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

Continuing our discussion about protest movements in Taiwan, we caught up with activist Ting-an Lin to hear about her experiences taking part in the anti-nuclear energy and anti-media monopoly movements. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

J. Michael Cole has been covering these movements for the past year and a half. He joins us to talk about some of the new developments he's observed. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Professor Paul Chu discusses last week's Nanjing summit between Taiwan¡¦s Mainland Affairs Minister Wang Yu-chi and his Chinese counterpart Zhang Zhijun. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We discuss her bio pic about Yang Rumen, the man behind a series of bombings in Taipei between 2003 and 2004. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Guests include Jacqueline Shen, Deputy Secretary General of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee and Lian Te-an, competing for Taiwan in the men's singles luge event -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The writer and director joins us to talk about his film Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (©ú¤Ñ°O±o·R¤W§Ú), which explores the complications of being gay in Taiwan. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The author of the popular language blog Hacking Chinese talks about the best ways to get the most out of your language learning. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We sit down with the Director of the Taiwan Section of Amnesty International to reflect on Taiwan's transition to democracy since the ending of marshal law. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The Associated Press¡¦s chief photographer of Taiwan joins the show to talk about his experiences during his thirteen years living and working in Taiwan. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We join Ron Hanson, editor and co-director of Taichung based White Fungus magazine, to discuss the growing international interest in Taiwanese art. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction talks about M.O.I. 's recent crackdown on unlicensed lodgings in disaster prone areas, and other projects to reduce the risk of natural disasters. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn