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S3-E39 - Taiwan’s Most Famous Red Light District: Taipei’s Combat Zone
Season 3 Episode 39
“Blatant sex capital of Asia, where vice is legal and the price is right,” was how one book described Taipei in 1969. Listen as Taipei-based journali…
2 years, 1 month ago
A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: Making History in Space, Taiwan Uni Team Puts Nanosatellites into Orbit - With Angel Menéndez
Season 3
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) PhD candidate Angel B. Menéndez came to Taiwan from his native Guatemala on a full scholarship provided by the …
2 years, 2 months ago
S3-E38 - Merry Constitution Day! (and a Happy New Year)
Season 3 Episode 36
December 25th. A special day celebrating the birth of... the Constitution of the Republic of China. Once a holiday that rather conveniently overlappe…
2 years, 2 months ago
S3-E37 - Wu Li-pei (吳澧培): A Taiwanese-American Immigrant Story, Part Two
Season 3 Episode 37
In the 1960s and 1970s, many tens of thousands of Taiwanese went into self-exile; most of them headed to the United States. The people who became Tai…
2 years, 2 months ago
Bonus Episode: SAVE THE BIRDS! ~ The origin story of the Kaohsiung Wild Bird Society
Season 3
Frank C. Chen was the mayor of Kaohsiung from 1960 to 1968. The foundation that bears his name is the reason we have Formosa Files. Paul Chen is one …
2 years, 2 months ago
S3-E36 - Wu Li-pei (吳澧培): A Taiwanese-American Immigrant Story, Part One
Season 3 Episode 36
A generation of Taiwanese left (or you might say “fled”) Taiwan in the 1960s and 70s, with most going to the United States. Some went to school there…
2 years, 2 months ago
[ENCORE] Henry Kissinger (and president Nixon) Go to China, and Everything Changes for the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Season 3
Henry Alfred Kissinger died on November 29, 2023 at the age of 100. This incredibly controversial figure was a massive player in US politics and poli…
2 years, 3 months ago
S3-E35 - Bits and Pieces (of Stinky Tofu 臭豆腐) and a Pre-Announcement Announcement
Season 3 Episode 35
Although Eryk is as sick as a dog, both he and John are in very high spirits, and not just because, once again, they get to chat about stinky tofu. I…
2 years, 3 months ago
S3-E34 - Fabulous Foods of Formosa (and Stinky Tofu 臭豆腐)
Season 3 Episode 34
Taiwan is a food-lover's paradise, with tasty treats, delicious dishes, scrumptious suppers, marvelous morsels... a versatile, vast variety of fabulo…
2 years, 3 months ago
S3-E33 - Tales of Tokyo and Taiwan
Season 3 Episode 33
This week we're looking at Tokyo, and telling a few tales that connect events in that major world city to people, places, and things in Taiwan. ポッドキャ…
2 years, 3 months ago