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George Kerr and Formosa Betrayed (with Prof. Jonathan Benda) – S5-E52
Season 5 Episode 52
American George H. Kerr was the most important Western eyewitness and chronicler of the February 28 Incident of 1947, the violent uprising and brutal…
17 hours ago
"China’s Backstory: The History Beijing Doesn’t Want You to Read" by Scholar and Podcaster Lee Moore – S5-E51
Season 5 Episode 51
John talks to Lee Moore about his 2025 book China’s Backstory: The History Beijing Doesn’t Want You to Read, which focuses on four important China-re…
2 days, 21 hours ago
New Year Special – The Taiwan Joss: The Shadow and the Pirates – S5-E50
Season 5 Episode 50
新年快樂 (Xīnnián kuàilè) from Formosa Files! As we head into the Year of the Horse, we have something different: pirates in the Taiwan Strait, both fact…
1 week, 2 days ago
Wanderings Through Formosa (1898) – Part 3 – S5-E49
Season 5 Episode 49
In the final episode, the pace picks up as we follow Austrian traveler Adolf Fischer on his 1898 journey through Japanese-ruled Taiwan. He heads into…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Wanderings Through Formosa (1898) – Part 2 – S5-E48
Season 5 Episode 48
In Part 2, we continue in the footsteps of the cultured Austrian traveler Adolf Fischer on his 1898 journey in Japanese-ruled Taiwan. From the commer…
3 weeks ago
German Wanderings Through Formosa (1898) – Part 1 – S5-E47
Season 5 Episode 46
The first in a special three-part series, this is a Taiwan travel account never before told in English. Formosa Files has had Streifzüge durch Formos…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Taiwan’s Motorcycle Daredevil: Lu Ch’ing-an (呂慶安) – S5-E46
Season 5 Episode 46
From “Muddy Ditch” in Chiayi County, Lu Ch’ing-an (1944–2011) rose to national fame as Taiwan’s Father of Motorcycle Stunts. The story starts with an…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
The CIA Plan to Remove CKS (Part 2): S5-E45
Season 5 Episode 45
The Cold War is heating up as the CIA continues to build a “Third Force” – a democratic alternative to both Mao’s Communists and Chiang Kai-shek’s Na…
1 month ago
The CIA Plan to Remove President Chiang Kai-shek (Part 1): S5-E44
Season 5 Episode 44
Standard histories tell us that after fleeing to Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek became America’s staunch Cold War ally – an immovable figure with an iron gr…
1 month, 1 week ago
S5 - [Remastered Encore] Ghost of Green Island: the SS President Hoover Shipwreck (1937)
Season 5
Before this encore, a quick announcement: we are looking for (human) artists for a 2027 calendar project. If you're interested, get ahold of us. Thx!…
1 month, 2 weeks ago