The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
By John Ross and Eryk Michael Smith
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Subscribers: 47
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Episodes: 157
Mads
Sep 24, 2022
Really good podcast on a wide range of topics. listening from Denmark and learning new things about Taiwan each and every episode. Keep up the great work 👍
Ben Caesar
Feb 11, 2022
Very interesting - not sure where I stumbled across this, but for anyone who lives in or has an interest in Taiwan, this podcast and its two engaging presenters do a great job of covering its history.
Description
The history of Taiwan (1600 C.E. - 2000) told through interesting stories in a non-chronological order. John Ross is an author and publisher of works on Taiwan and China, while Eryk Michael Smith has worked as a writer and journalist for several media outlets in Taiwan. Both hosts have lived in Taiwan for well over 20 years and call the island home. Email: formosafiles@gmail.com
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S4-E9 – Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁: The Middle Years – From Law School to First Prison Term
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May 02, 2024 |
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FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH03-臺灣街頭巷口的洗腦名曲—臺灣垃圾車音樂文化
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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S4-E8 - The Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA): talking to a member of a former “terrorist” pro-Taiwan-independence group
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH02-臺灣養豬業的最慘一「疫」—1997年豬口蹄疫
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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S4-E8 - The U.S. Breaks Up With Taipei for Beijing (Dec. 1978)
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH01-史上「最好」的劫機事件？—華航334航班劫機事件
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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S4-E7 - Travel and Tremors – the 1906 Meishan Earthquake 梅山地震
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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S4 - Special Episode - Remembering 921 in the Wake of 403
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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S4-E6 – Taipei’s Architectural Trilogy Part Two: Witnessing History and Changing with the Times
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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S4-E6 – Taipei’s Architectural Trilogy: The CKS Memorial Hall, the National Theater and the National Concert Hall
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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S4-E5 - Ghost Brides
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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S4 - A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: CNN China Legend Mike Chinoy
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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S4-E4 - The Interesting Tale of When the Dalai Lama’s Brother Came to Taiwan
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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S4-E3 - The 1973 Qijin Ferry Tragedy - 旗津渡輪
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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S4-E2 - Taiwan (the ROC) and Israel - Surprising Shared Histories
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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S4 - [ENCORE] Happy Holidays? (And: 新年快樂!)
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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S4-E1 - The Lugang Rebellion (鹿港 1986)
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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S3-E42 - Taiwan in 1958
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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BONUS Episode: Linda Gail Arrigo's Verdict on Shih Ming-teh 施明德
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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S3-E41 - Shih Ming-teh 施明德 – “Taiwan’s Mandela”
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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S3-E40 - Sold to a Bargirl at the Age of Five (1955) – The Nancy Chen Baldwin Story
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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S3-E39 - Taiwan’s Most Famous Red Light District: Taipei’s Combat Zone
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: Making History in Space, Taiwan Uni Team Puts Nanosatellites into Orbit - With Angel Menéndez
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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S3-E38 - Merry Constitution Day! (and a Happy New Year)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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S3-E37 - Wu Li-pei (吳澧培): A Taiwanese-American Immigrant Story, Part Two
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: SAVE THE BIRDS! ~ The origin story of the Kaohsiung Wild Bird Society
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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S3-E36 - Wu Li-pei (吳澧培): A Taiwanese-American Immigrant Story, Part One
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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[ENCORE] Henry Kissinger (and president Nixon) Go to China, and Everything Changes for the Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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S3-E35 - Bits and Pieces (of Stinky Tofu 臭豆腐) and a Pre-Announcement Announcement
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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S3-E34 - Fabulous Foods of Formosa (and Stinky Tofu 臭豆腐)
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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S3-E33 - Tales of Tokyo and Taiwan
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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S3-E32 - Hakka Author Wu Zhuoliu (吳濁流), Part 2 - Japan’s Surrender and 2/28
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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WELCOME TO THE PODCAST! - The "White Formosan" - S1-E1
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: Manga Artist Mark Crilley Talks About His New Book - LOST IN TAIWAN
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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[ENCORE] Golf in Taiwan: A Surprisingly Long History
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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S3-E31 - The “Tea Thief” - Robert Fortune's Very Brief Trip to Taiwan (1854)
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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[ENCORE] The 4,300-Kilometer Chase of an Illegal Taiwanese Fishing Boat (1989)
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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[Bonus] Photographing Taiwan – Interview with Chris Stowers
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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S3-E30 - When the Russians Bombed Taipei (and other aviation stories)
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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S3-E29 - Taiwan's Great Pork Apocalypse (1997)
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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S3-E28 - More Bits and Pieces: Ox Ditches and an Unsinkable Warship
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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S3-E27 - When Taiwan (ROC) Blockaded China (PRC)
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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S3-E26 - Taiwan as part of the Philippines? Or a British or German colony? “What Ifs” of Formosan History -- With Michael Turton
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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S3-E25 - The Free China Junk Story - Part 3: Victory!
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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S3-E24 - Crossing the Pacific in a Junk - Trials and Tribulations (Part 2-3)
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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S2-E23 - Across the Pacific in the Free China Junk (1955) - Part One
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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S3-E22 - Barbie: Made in Taiwan
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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S3-E21 - Blockading Taiwan
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: 2-28: A Bad Beginning
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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[ENCORE] The Empire's Last Solider (29 Years, 3 Months, and 16 Days)
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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S3-E20 - John Groot and John Ross Walk and Talk Historic Tamsui 淡水 - Part Two
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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S3-E19 - Two Johns Take a "Walking Tour" in Historic Tamsui 淡水 - Part One
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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S3-E18 - Getting Arrested in Taiwan - With Lawyer Ross D. Feingold
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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S3-E17 – The Wrongful Execution of Chiang Kuo-ching (江國慶) and the Death Penalty in Taiwan
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: AIT/K: The American Institute in Taiwan - Kaohsiung Branch
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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S3-E16 – Kaohsiung and Taiwan Celebrate Five Years of Weiwuying 衛武營國家藝術文化中心 – Part 2: Struggles & Victories!
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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S3-E15 – Kaohsiung and Taiwan Celebrate Five Years of Weiwuying 衛武營國家藝術文化中心 – Part 1: The Land & the Plan
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Eryk Calls John for a Meanderingly Interesting Chat
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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S3-E14 - The Three “Pearl Harbors” of the Chinese Communist Party - with Ian Easton
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: The Team that Gave Kaohsiung the Magnificent Weiwuying Performing Arts Center 衛武營國家藝術文化中心
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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[Encore] Mao's Taiwanese Spymaster
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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S3-E13 - The Flag of Taiwan (?)
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Way of the Warrior - Martial Arts Master Chris Bates
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May 25, 2023 |
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S3-E12 - American Luxury Cruise Ship Runs into Green Island (1937)
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May 18, 2023 |
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[Encore] Taiwan’s “Iron Man of Asia” - The Amazing CK Yang (楊傳廣)
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May 11, 2023 |
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S3-E11 - Steve McQueen and "The Sand Pebbles" (1966)
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May 04, 2023 |
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S3-E10 - Lord of Formosa - Part Two: Coyett VS. Koxinga
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Answering the Mail
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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S3-E9 - Nixon and Kissinger Grovel in China, and Taiwan’s “China” Days are Numbered
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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S3-E8 - Early Photos of Taiwan - by John Thomson - 1871
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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S3-E7 - Lord of Formosa and the VOC - Part One
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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S3-E6 - Gladys Aylward, Ingrid Bergman, and the Inn of the Eight Happinesses (八福客栈)
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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S3-E5 - Local Language Loanwords: A Lovely Hot Pot of Fujianese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, English, and More
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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S3-E4 - Madou, Tainan 麻豆: Pomelos and Priestesses
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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S3-E3 - Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁: The Early Years
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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S3-E2 - Mel Gibson Makes a Movie in Taiwan (1979)
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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S3-E1 - Storm Stories: Tales of Typhoons in Taiwan
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Rage Against the Machine – Formosa Files VS. ChatGPT
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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S2-E40 - The Two Generalissimos - Francisco Franco and Chiang Kai-shek
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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[Encore] Japan Puts Paiwan Indigenous Taiwanese on Display at London Expo (1910)
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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S2-E39 - Kaohsiung to Kenting Road Trip (1875)
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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[Encore] Taiwan's Orangutan Craze and the Terrors of the Tiger Trade
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Among the Headhunters of Formosa - From Taiwan in 100 Books, by John Ross
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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S2-E38 - Dating in Taiwan
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Bonus Episode: The Forgotten President 嚴家淦
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: Dr. Dafydd Fell from SOAS takes us on a Mini-Deep Dive into Taiwan's Alternative Political Parties
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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S2-E37 - A Cunning Count Contemplates Colonizing Formosa
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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S2-E36 - Annette Lu – from Prison to the Presidential Office
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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S2-E35 - Colonial Tourism: Japanese Visit their Model Colony, While Tokyo Brings Indigenous Taiwanese to “The Motherland” to Show Off “Civilization”
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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S2-E34 - "Galloping Oxen" - Emperor Kangxi’s Jesuit Mapmakers in Taiwan
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: Tobie Openshaw on the Saisiyat Story of Taiwan's "Little People"
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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S2-E33 - Taiwan's Musical Garbage Trucks - And the Sounds of the 1990s!
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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S2-E32 - “Defectors from the PRC to Taiwan, 1960-1989: The Anti-Communist Righteous Warriors” - Part Two
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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S2-E31 - “Defectors from the PRC to Taiwan, 1960-1989: The Anti-Communist Righteous Warriors” - Part One
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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S2-E30 - The Mysterious Death in Taipei of India's Most Controversial Nationalist
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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S2-E29 - The "Most Powerful Witness" to Modern Taiwan's History: Wu Zhuo-liu (吳濁流) - Part One
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Bonus Episode: A Look Back and a Peek Forward
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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S2-E28 - "Happy" Holidays!
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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S2-E27 - Ghost Planes and the Japanese Fighter Pilot who Became a God
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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S2-E26 - Taiwan's First Civilian Martyr: Teacher Lin Ching-chuan (林靖娟)
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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S2-E25 - Searching for Black Gold in Taiwan
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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S2-E24 - Cats Big and Small
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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S2-E23 - Separated Sisters
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: Manuel Tsao Talks to Eryk About the 100+ Year Old Jhuzimen Hydro Power Plant - 竹仔門發電廠
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Bonus Episode: "Taiwan in 100 Books" -- A Priest on Orchid Island Meets Sanmao (三毛)
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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S2-E22 - USS Tang: The Most Successful US Submarine of WWII
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Special CURRENT EVENTS Episode: Why hasn’t the PRC invaded Taiwan?
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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S2-E21 - Taiwan's Global Shipping Empire - EVERGREEN
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Bonus Episode: "Taiwan in 100 Books" - A Martial Arts Hoax
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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S2-E20 - Mr. and Mrs. Giles - *Wade-Giles Chinese Romanization
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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S2-E19 - Golf in Taiwan: A Surprisingly Long History
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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S2-E18 - Teresa Teng 鄧麗君 - "Asia's Eternal Queen of Pop"
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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S2-E17 - The Brief and Often Forgotten Kingdom of Dongning 東寧王國
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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S2-E16 - Ang Lee in the Spotlight: His Story from Pingtung to Hollywood
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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S2-E-15 - "123 Freedom Day" Taiwan's Shadowy Involvement in the Korean War - Part Two
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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S2-E14 - Taiwan's Shadowy Involvement in the Korean War - Part One
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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S2-E13 - A Cruise on an Opium Clipper to Takao (Kaohsiung)
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May 26, 2022 |
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S2-E12 - "The National Game" -- Taiwan Falls in and out of Love with Baseball
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May 19, 2022 |
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A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: ICRT General Manager Tim Berge
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May 15, 2022 |
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S2-E11 - Taiwan's Nearest Neighbors - the 1,000+ Kilometer-Long Ryukyu Island Chain
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May 12, 2022 |
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S2-E10 - Christian Samurai – Japan’s Katana Diplomacy in Taiwan
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May 05, 2022 |
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S2-E9 - The Murder of Pai Hsiao-yen and the Alexander Family Hostage Crisis
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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S2-E8 - Makalu Gao: The Taiwanese Climber Who Survived a Night on Mt. Everest
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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S2-E7 - Dr. Peng Ming-min (1923-2022) - Part 2: Escaping Taiwan and a Hero's Return
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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S2-E6 - Dr. Peng Ming-min (1923-2022) - Part 1 - The Incredible Life of a Democracy Fighter
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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S2-E5 - Tragedy on Taiwan's Majestic Mountains
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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S2-E4 - Searching for the "Motherland"
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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S2-E3 - The Lamey Island Massacre
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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S2-E2 - Thomas Barclay: The Man Who Helped Save a City
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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S2-E1 - The CIA vs. Made in Taiwan Nukes
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Bonus Mini-Episode: Eryk Calls John for a Chat About Taiwan's Indigenous Peoples
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Bonus Episode 01 - What Were the Dutch Doing in Formosa Anyway?
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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S1-E25 - From Russia With Love: ROC First Lady Faina Chiang
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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S1-E24 - Taiwan's Awesome National Health Insurance System
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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S1-E23 - Walls of Death
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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S1-E22 - The Cruel Sea
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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S1-E21 - The "Best" Hijacking in History?
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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S1-E20 - The "Iron Man of Asia"
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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S1-E19 - The End of the Qing
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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S1-E18 - Shipwreck Savagery and Clandestine Colonization
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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S1-E17 - Missionaries Pull Teeth in Treaty Ports
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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S1-E16 - Japanese Formosa Catches Spy Fever
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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S1-E15 - Japan Puts on a Show
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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S1-E14 - Buddhism "In Action" – Taiwan's Remarkable Tzu Chi Charity Group
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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S1-E13 - The Orangutan Craze
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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S1-E12 - The "Made in Taiwan" Miracle
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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S1-E11 - All Hail the Duck King!
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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S1-E10 - The Qing Empire Doesn't Really Want Taiwan
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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S1-E9 - The Empire's Last Soldier
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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S1-E8 - POWs, Bombing Raids, and Kamikazes
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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S1-E7 - Luzon or Formosa? - Taiwan Dodges WWII Invasion
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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S1-E6 - Big Crises on Tiny Islands
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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S1-E5 - Rioters Ransack the Taipei U.S. Embassy (1957)
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Sep 25, 2021 |
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S1-E4 - Mao Really Wants Taiwan - and a Taiwanese Spy Almost Gave it to Him!
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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S1-E3 - The Fall of Fort Zeelandia
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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S1-E2 - Koxinga VS. The Dutch - Round One
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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S1-E1 - The White Formosan
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Sep 06, 2021 |