RTI’s Russian service has expanded its shortwave broadcasts to Ukraine and Russia. Natalie speaks with the head of RTI’s Russian service, Masha Lee. Later, Tomasz Koper speaks with Ukranian Oleg Nevenglovskiy who left his job at the Taipei European School to help Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

RTI surveys foreigners and locals in Taiwan to see if they'd join an urban defense force for Taiwan. Natalie speaks with a military expert at George Mason University, Professor Michael Hunzeker, who along with a former commander of Taiwan’s armed forces, wrote an article in War on the Rocks calling for a territorial defense force in Taiwan. Tune in to hear why he believes a territorial defense force is what Taiwan needs.

The climate crisis is here. Every corner of the planet is experiencing extraordinary weather patterns. They're causing flooding and cold snaps in some places, and droughts and heat waves in others. How is the climate crisis affecting Taiwan? Stas spoke to two members of the Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition, Han-wei Chang and Yen-chi Chen, to find out. 

On this episode of Highlights, learn more about the spread of disinformation in relation to the war in Ukraine and also vaccines in Taiwan. Later, you can hear more about the current threat of COVID-19 in Hong Kong, as well as Taiwan's contribution to supporting Ukrainian refugees.

In honor of International Women's Day, Natalie speaks with Fiona Roan, the first woman to win the Best New Director Award at the Golden Horse Awards, the Oscars for Chinese language films. Later, RTI takes a look into the issues of period poverty and obstacles that women still face in the workplace and beyond.

To find out how people in Ukraine are doing, Natalie speaks with award-winning Ukrainian writer Yuri Andrukhovych, who is in Ivano-Frankivsk, where many are taking refuge. Later, Stas and Leslie look at how people in Taiwan are responding to the war.

Natalie speaks with two prominent experts about the Ukraine conflict’s implications for Taiwan. The first guest is Dan Blumenthal, who is the author of The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Decaying State and recently wrote in Foreign Policy that Beijing could use Russia’s tactics on Ukraine against Taiwan. Next up is Kharis Templeman, a politicial scientist at Stanford University, who recently wrote an article about why Taiwan is not Ukraine. 

On this week's highlights we take you to Taiwan’s indigenous roots and  indigineous people tell us about the challenges of preserving their unique identities and culture. Later on, you'll hear more about how Taiwan plans to shorten its quarantine period.

This week's highlights: Taiwan is ending a 10-year-long ban on food imports from Fukushima, Japan, the site of a nuclear meltdown in 2011. Staś speaks with nuclear energy professor Lee Min to better understand the science behind the decision.

Happy Year of the Tiger! In these highlights, we take you to a Year of the Tiger exhibit at Taipei’s famous Dihua St.  Later, we hear from people in the US about how they celebrate the Lunar New Year, and also host a blind taste test of Taiwan’s unique Lunar New Year snacks!