Status Update

Status Update

By Fil Leskovsky, RtiSociety & CultureGovernment
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Status Update episodes

  • Music talk

    On Status Update, Tomasz Koper talks about going to a concert put on by a band who just released their album all by themselves. Then Tomasz and Shirley Lin read listeners' letters from India, Japan and Egypt.

    17 min
  • Booking plane tickets

    On Status Update, Shirley Lin updates her status on trying to make it to her daughter's wedding in Shanghai. Then Shirley and Tomasz Koper read listeners' letters from Japan and India.

    17 min
  • Getting over COVID

    On this week's Status Update, Shirley Lin and Tomasz Koper talk about getting over COVID and back to work for Shirley. Then they read letters from listeners in India and the USA.

    17 min
  • Most popular sweets in Taiwan

    On Status Update, Stas Butler and Shirley Lin answer listeners' questions including if Taiwanese people like chocolate and what the most popular sweets in Taiwan are. Then Stas and Shirley read listeners' letters from Indonesia, Japan and India.

    18 min
  • Listening from Japan and the US

    On Status Update, Shirley Lin shares news that her older daughter in Shanghai could be getting married at the end of the year! Then Shirley and Stas Butler read letters from listeners in Japan and the US.

    18 min
  • New helper for my in-laws

    On Status Update this week, Shirley Lin talks about her in-laws getting a foreign caregiver in their home for the first time. Shirley and Stas Butler then read letters from the US, India, Japan and a Ukrainian student in Taiwan.

    17 min
  • Blame it on the cat!

    On Status Update, Stas Butler talks about his trip to Maokong for some tea and Shirley Lin laments about her latest injury, before reading letters from India and the UAE.

    18 min
  • Team building time

    On this week's Status Update, Shirley Lin and Staś Butler talk about the team building event the English Service had over the weekend and read letters from Sweden, USA, Japan and India.

    18 min
  • Spicy eating contest

    On Status Update, Tomasz Koper gives an update on the spicy hot chicken wings eating contest he took part in last week. Shirley and Tomasz then read letters from listeners in India, Japan and the US.

    18 min

About Status Update

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Status Update is RTI's most interactive program, and your entries are what make the program exciting! Each week, we select letters from our worldwide listeners to read on the air.