Taiwanese Diaspora 台灣人 Podcast

(Episode is in English; 這集是用英文) Starting college and want some advice on getting through the mounds of assigned readings and essay writing? Check out Chelsea's tips (recorded pre-COVID). Back-to-school series featuring Chelsea. At the time of recording, Chelsea was wrapping up her first semester of senior year in college. 我們是肺炎之前錄這集。她剛好在大四的寒假休息，準備上大學最後一學期! Sh...

(Episode is in English; 這集是用英文) Back-to-school series featuring Christopher, a high school sophomore at the time of the pre-COVID recording, about running on the track team and recovering from a flub when he dropped the baton during a relay. We're joined by his older sister, who adds some insights as well. Other topics: high school classes, pep rallies and football games, volleyball state ch...

(Episode is in English; 這集是用英文) Back-to-school series featuring Christian (a high school sophomore at the time of the pre-COVID recording). He talks about all the memorable things I personally associate with high school (super nostalgic!): band friends, band trips, music auditions, and finding a "school family" through team sports. If you're a high school student interested in auditioning fo...

親愛的聽眾們， 你也在不同文化求學、生活、工作，或正在探索你的台灣人身份嗎？歡迎來加入好奇槓鈴和台灣人Podcast的聯合線上 Meet Up 吧！ 這是個中英文雙語的聚會，我們想討論的話題包括：探索在跨文化生活的人生樣貌；在海外科技及運動科學的生活與工作；其他你想聊的話題。 Hi Curious Barbell and Taiwanese Diaspora listeners! We're co-hosting a bilingual meetup this weekend for our podcast fans. Come hang out and...

(Episode is in English; 這集是用英文) Super fun pre-COVID19 conversation with Chloe (age 10)! She very articulately shares insights about life as a fifth grader: games at recess, responsibilities of a patrol, graduation traditions, 中文學校，演講比賽, learning from her siblings on how to skate and play trumpet, helping her parents cook dumplings and mochi, and nervous anticipations about starting...

(Episode is in English; 這集是用英文) Today's interview was recorded in April and features Scott Hsu. He's a 2nd gen Taiwanese American teacher/musician/father who grew up in Massachusetts and spent most of his formative years in the college town of Amherst. His wife is a 2nd gen Taiwanese-American as well and they have two 3rd gen kids (ages 9 and 10). Scott had been teaching high school math at...

(Episode is in English and Chinese; 這集是用英文跟中文)  Bilingual conversation with the founder of Outreach for Taiwan (OFTaiwan.org) Eric Tsai. We connected at the Boston Taiwan Film Festival last year. Eric talks about why he founded Outreach for Taiwan, and about the types of workshops and topics he prepares for various Taiwanese-American student groups. He's recently been doing live...

Reposting my interview with Susie! Susie Wang is one of my beloved podcast hosts. She has two (!) podcasts -- one in English (titled: "Darling what did you say") and one in Mandarin (and sometimes Taiwanese, titled "雪梨台灣阿姐的碎碎念 (華語)"). Tune in on any podcast player and follow Susie on Instagram at Instagram @sydneytaiwanbigsister . I've been following Susie since I started this podcast...

(Episode is in English) Winnie Chen works in public affairs and loves journaling. She shares tidbits about her experience growing up in CA: about being a rebel by skipping Chinese school, about how her favorite college subjects helped her understand her bicultural identity and appreciate her parents' sacrifices, and about how she handled encountering racism in class by a guest lecturer. 在公共關係...

(Episode is in English)  Thomas Lin talks about life in college as a music education major, his love of Chinese yo-yo (扯鈴) and euphonium, and involvement with the University of Maryland (UMCP) chapter of the Taiwanese American Student Association (TASA). Follow Thomas on Instagram @its.lintentional  UMCP TASA: https://umcptasa.org/pages/home.html *** Shownotes TBD *** Say hi! 來打招呼...

Welcome to Nomadic Taiwanese (Nomadic 台灣廊), a new bilingual podcast series brought to you by the hosts of Curious Barbell and Taiwanese Diaspora podcasts to amplify voices from Taiwanese communities around the world.  歡迎來到Nomadic 台灣廊系列，一個由 台灣人 Podcast 和好奇槓鈴Podcast所合作的音頻節目。 You may know Angie from the Curious Barbell and Cynthia from Taiwanese Diaspora. We are...

Sociology, Freelancing, Powerlifting + Life Coach 社會學，自由職業，建身+建生教練  w/Angie Wang, host of Curious Barbell *** Shownotes TBD *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @twdiaspora. hello@taiwanesediaspora.com www.taiwanesediaspora.com

(Episode is in English. Additional show notes coming soon) Abigail Hing Wen, author of Loveboat, Taipei . Loveboat, Taipei comes out Jan 7, 2020.  *** (0:00) Intro in English. I had a very exciting conversation with Abigail today about her debut novel Loveboat, Taipei, as well as a smattering of others topics including dating, working the tech world, the bamboo and glass ceilings for minority...

(Episode is primarily in English) We continue our conversation from Episode 13 with Tony Hu (胡牧民). In this episode, Tony shares about his mental health journey and self care practices. Thank you for your bravery and vulnerability, Tony! *** (Intro) in English and Chinese.  (2:10) Taiwanese/Asian pop culture recommendations? musicians and artists: Jay Chou (周杰倫), Wang Leehom, JJ Lin (林...

(Episode is primarily in English)  Tony Hu (胡牧民) is a Taiwanese-Canadian who has gone back and forth between Taiwan and Canada (加拿大) his whole life. He shares his experiences and perspectives on growing in Canada and the US, going to American School (美國學校) in Taiwan, college in Canada, alternative military service (替代役) in Taiwan, and now back in Canada for grad school.  ***...

(Episode is in Chinese and English / 這集用國語和英文聊) I had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Geri Tien (田乃潔 博士) today about mental health and her focus on using systemic therapy to work with first and second generation family members. Born in Taiwan, she knew at young age she wanted to be a therapist. To do so required her to get at least a Master's degree, which brought her to the US. Tod...

(Episode is in Chinese and English / 這集用國語和英文聊) Today's conversation is with Chi-Wei Lo (駱奇偉), one of Taiwan's premier pianists. He was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and is currently a DMA candidate at the New England Conservatory. He shares stories and memories about starting to play at age 3, and how the years of playing classical music gave him the repertoire and foundation to really kn...

(Episode is in Chinese and English / 國語＋英文)  Tracy Chien (簡郁容) shares memories and reflections about moving to the US from Taiwan in 1993 when she was 10 years old. She was sent solo by her parents to live in an informal homestay arrangement to attend school. She was called a parachute kid (小留學生), an unaccompanied minor sent overseas for school. She reflects that this was a partic...

(Episode is in Chinese. 這集用國語聊。)  We talk with Dr. Peng (彭博士) today about his career as a nuclear engineer (核能工程師). A native of Taiwan, he completed his elementary through Master’s studies in Taiwan, and considers himself really lucky throughout his education endeavors to have had really great teachers who recognized his strengths and encouraged him to pursue his dreams. He the...

(Episode is mostly in Chinese)  Today's topic is drinking water (飲用水)! In the United States, we are (for the most part) incredibly lucky to have safe, potable water by a quick turn of the faucet. Curious about which government entity regulates and establishes federal standards for drinking water? Historically, it's been the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). The states and public...

(Episode is in Chinese and English)  最近比較忙，但是希望這週末能發布新的給大家聽！今天想跟大家推薦我最近在聽的兩個雙語網路廣播的節目。希望你們也喜歡！ I haven't posted any new episodes in a new weeks, but fear not. I have lot of interviews recorded and awaiting my edits. Stay tuned -- hope to put something out this weekend! In the meantime, I'm recommending two bilingual podcasts I started l...

(Episode is in Chinese and English)  Bilingual episode with Yi-Chien, who shares her perspective about growing up with a twin sister and being an expat as her dad's job took the family around the world. She was born in Taiwan, grew up in Hong Kong and attended an international school, and came to the US for her last year of high school and college.  雙語：謙謙在台灣出生，在香港長大，然後...

(Episode is in Chinese and English)  Min Kyriannis (鄭明瑤) joins me today for a conversation on identity. She shares her perspective about growing up in Flushing, NY, where she immigrated with her family as an infant. She speaks Taiwanese, Mandarin, English, Cantonese, Japanese, French, and Greek! She’s raising her kids to be multilingual as well. How does she stay up-to-date on Taiwanese po...

(Episode is in English)  Dr. Ed Chu is a Taiwanese-American cardiologist. He was born and raised in Florida to parents who immigrated to the US from Taiwan. Like many ABC's, he attended Chinese school on weekends, spoke Mandarin at home, and used chopsticks for pretty much everything. He studied biomedical engineering in college, and went to work for a medical technology company for two years...

(Episode is in English)  We talk with Dr. Jennifer C. Hsieh, a Taiwanese-American anthropologist. She grew up in Texas and has lived in Asia and Europe. She became fascinated by anthropology during college at Harvard, and went on to earn her PhD from Stanford. She spent 16 months in Taipei conducting research on how the Taiwanese distinguish between noise and sound. She is currently a postdoc...