Taiwan Talk

A distillery in Yilan county has managed to produce a whisky that has earned recognition as the best single malt in the world. In the episode we speak with Kavalan's blender, Ian Chang, about how they managed to pull this off.

With presidential elections coming up in the US and Taiwan, we speak the head of the US-Taiwan Business Council about what impact the outcomes may have on bilateral ties.

It¡¦s been just a little more than one year now since the beginning of the protests that rocked Taiwan, and we speak with one of the movement¡¦s key organizers about what the lasting impact has been and where it's headed now.

We speak to the Taipei Film Commission about their push to raise Taiwan's profile as a filming location for international filmmakers.

On this program we speak with Johannes Goeth of Swan Panasia, a Taipei based import-export business bringing foreign board games to Taiwan and Taiwanese games to the world.

We speak to Taipei based art collective Colorwolf Studio about their work to bring together members of Taiwan's arts community.

On this episode we make a trip over to Taipei¡¦s Department of Rapid Transit for an update on the decades-long Taipei Metro project, and while we¡¦re there we learn a little bit more about the lines set to open later this year.

A group of Taipei based writers just released "Taiwan Tales": a collection of short stories set in Taiwan. On the show today we speak to them about what bit of Taiwan they feel they've managed to capture in their writing.

Taiwan will likely soon end its long standing policy requiring deportation of foreigners found to be infected with HIV. On this episode we speak with HIV/AIDS rights advocate Ashley Wu to learn about how this law was changed and what suffers can expect no

Composer Matt Smith tell us about his project to take this traditional form to international audiences by marketing an English language version overseas.