Taiwan Talk

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April 10, 2023 Irene Liao: Making the switch from making Kuai Kuai to Vegan Joy

Irene Liao's storied career reads like a business fairy tale. After a stint at high-end luxury goods company LVMH (Moët Hennessy)

in Hong Kong, she returned to Taiwan to take the helm of her family's high-profile snack food firm Kuai Kuai. But she's since branched out and now leads her own, newly launched nutritious food startup, Vegan Joy. This is her story.

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10 min
March 14, 2023 Taiwan's Animation Industry (動畫產業) vs. the World

J.J. Chen is a French-Belgian-Taiwanese artist and veteran of the animation industry, both in Taiwan and Europe.

ICRT's Trevor Tortomasi chats with Jean-Jacques about his experiences as an animator, Taiwan animation's place in the world, and a deep, deep breakdown of the animation process, from start to finish. Seriously, I learned a LOT this episode!

You can find some of J.J.'s past projects on his vimeo page:

https://vimeo.com/channels/303090

Here's some of his photography:

https://500px.com/p/lapprentiroidessinges

And here's an article he wrote on Taiwan's "On Happiness Road":

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3341091

You can also find J.J. on IG:

@apprentiroidessinges

Thanks so much for listening!

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32 min
February 19, 2023 Writing Every Day: 17 Books by Age 18 十八歲就得獎的作家

Hermione Lee is an author who has already published eight books by the age of 18 years old.

ICRT's Trevor Tortomasi chats with Hermione about finding motivation, writing 6,000 words per day, and challenging oneself to write as many kinds of stories and characters as possible.

You can find Hermione's books here:

https://www.amazon.com/Hermione-Lee/e/B097P7LZB4/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

And she has shared her Facebook fan page, as well!

https://www.facebook.com/authorhermionelee

Thanks for listening!

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18 min
February 05, 2023 Understanding a Black Hole (黑洞) in Our Own Galaxy (銀河)

(下面的連結也包括中文版的！)

Satoki Matsushita is an astrophysicist (天體物理學家) studying black holes (黑洞), and a research fellow at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics here in Taiwan.

ICRT's Trevor Tortomasi chats with Satoki about how we turned Earth into a giant telescope, to take a picture of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of our galaxy.

We also chat about what we've learned from the image, what's next for telescope technology, and the future of science education in Taiwan.

2022年的黑洞畫面：

You can see the image of Sagittarius A* here:

https://www.sinica.edu.tw/ch/news/7177

2019的黑洞畫面：

And you can see humanity's first image of a black hole, M87, here:

https://www.sinica.edu.tw/ch/news/6191

Both links should also have English versions available!

這裡也可以看中文版的黑洞科學解釋：

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQB_-kT6obo

Thanks for listening!

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22 min
January 19, 2023 Nate Maynard: The environmental cost of Taiwan's COVID success

The success Taiwan enjoyed with its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic didn't come without an environmental cost. Veteran environment researcher Nate Maynard breaks down the issues which arose as a result of the pandemic.

You can follow Nate on Twitter here.

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10 min
January 16, 2023 Designing Tabletop Games (桌遊) for a Taiwanese Audience

Ann Zheng and Dray Yang are award-winning board game designers from the company "Play With Us Design".

ICRT's Trevor Tortomasi chats with Ann and Dray about developing tabletop games, working with feedback, and bringing more tabletop experiences to a Taiwanese audience.

You can find Play With Us Design on social media here:

https://linktr.ee/PWUDesign

And you can catch Ann and Dray and PWUD at the Taipei Game Show (台北電玩展) and the Taipei International Book Faire (台北國際書展) in January and February of 2023!

Thanks for listening!

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17 min
December 18, 2022 Microplastic Pollution (微塑料汙染) in Taiwan

Alex Kunz is a leading researcher of microplastics (微塑料) in Taiwan's rivers and oceans.

ICRT's Trevor Tortomasi chats with Alex about where microplastics come from, where they go, and what we can do about them.

Thanks for listening!

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15 min
December 11, 2022 Taiwan's National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院) Celebrates China's Most Prolific Writer

Dr. Lin Li-Jiang is the Department-Director of painting, calligraphy, rare books, and historical documents, at Taiwan's National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院).

ICRT's Trevor Tortomasi chats with Dr. Lin about the Palace Museum's latest exhibit on the life of Wang Shi-Zhen (王世貞), one of China's most prolific writers, historians, and critics.

Dr. Lin also talks about the museum's oldest artifacts, the evolution of Chinese literature and art, and all kinds of crazy stories from China's history.

The National Palace Museum's current exhibition will be open until December 25th, 2022, and will reopen with new artwork from December 28th through March 21st of 2023.

You can find more information about the exhibit on the National Palace Museum's website:

https://www.npm.gov.tw/

If you enjoy today's episode, feel free to share it with a friend :]

Thanks so much for listening!

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25 min
November 28, 2022 Let's Talk About Taiwan's Weather! 跟氣象局長聊台灣的天氣概況

Cheng Ming-Dean (鄭明典) is the Director-General of the Central Weather Bureau (氣象局), or the CWB, which researches and forecasts weather, ocean conditions, seismology (basically earthquakes), and even astronomy!

ICRT's Trevor Tortomasi chats with Mr. Cheng about Taiwan's record-setting rainbows, weather forecast technology, the effects of climate change on Taiwan's weather, rising sea levels, how typhoons are named, and whether a giant dehumidifier could save Taiwan from drought.

You can find all kinds of information on Taiwan's atmosphere on the Central Weather Bureau website:

https://www.cwb.gov.tw/eng/

And if you'd like some occasional updates on Taiwan's weather phenomena, you can follow Mr. Cheng himself!

https://www.facebook.com/mdc.cwb

And if you enjoyed this episode of Taiwan Talk, feel free to leave us an iTunes, or share it with a friend :] Thanks for listening!

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36 min
November 24, 2022 Elections Special

This week, ICRT's Tim Berge talks to some of the candidates and their campaigns in the run up to Taiwan's 2022 mayoral elections.

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9 min

About Taiwan Talk

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Taiwan is patchwork quilt of diverse, motiving personalities. The show features politicians who make history, entrepreneurs whose innovations help keep the global economy afloat, and artists who explore creativity in fascinating, inspiring ways. Taiwan Talk tells stories from the unique perspectives of Taiwan all over the world. From those at home, those abroad, and those who’ve chosen to make this island their home.