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Bonus Episode: 2-28: A Bad Beginning
Season 3
In this special episode, we hear Eryk reading from chapter five of John’s “Taiwan in 100 Books.” The topic is 2-28, an event named after a date: Feb…
2 years, 7 months ago
[ENCORE] The Empire's Last Solider (29 Years, 3 Months, and 16 Days)
Season 3
The last Japanese "holdout" of World War II was an Indigenous Amis Taiwanese named Attun Palalin, but in Japanese Formosa, he was Nakamura Teruo (中村 …
2 years, 7 months ago
S3-E20 - John Groot and John Ross Walk and Talk Historic Tamsui 淡水 - Part Two
Season 3 Episode 19
Tamsui (Danshui) native John Groot and Formosa Files' John Ross continue their walk and talk around the old town. They’re on the trail of the 1884 Ba…
2 years, 7 months ago
S3-E19 - Two Johns Take a "Walking Tour" in Historic Tamsui 淡水 - Part One
Season 3 Episode 19
Strategically located near the mouth of the Tamsui (Danshui) River, the port town of Tamsui has a long, rich history. The Spanish built a fort here i…
2 years, 7 months ago
S3-E18 - Getting Arrested in Taiwan - With Lawyer Ross D. Feingold
Season 3 Episode 18
Formosa Files and Taipei-based lawyer Ross Feingold very much hope you never get arrested in Taiwan, or anywhere else for that matter. But should thi…
2 years, 7 months ago
S3-E17 – The Wrongful Execution of Chiang Kuo-ching (江國慶) and the Death Penalty in Taiwan
Season 3 Episode 17
Among the too many killings committed in the lawless year of 1997 was the execution of 21-year-old Chiang Kuo-ching (江國慶), a soldier convicted of a h…
2 years, 7 months ago
Bonus Episode: AIT/K: The American Institute in Taiwan - Kaohsiung Branch
It's the Fourth of July! Happy 247th Birthday, America! It's estimated that around 80,000 U.S. nationals live and work in Taiwan; most, however, do s…
2 years, 8 months ago
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!
Season 3 Episode 16
John and Eryk have been commissioned to tell the tale of Weiwuying as this new Kaohsiung landmark turns five: in part two, we've got challenges galor…
2 years, 8 months ago
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
Season 3 Episode 15
As this already-iconic structure and performance center turns five, John and Eryk have been commissioned to tell its tale: it's a 40-year saga of a c…
2 years, 8 months ago
Bonus Episode: Eryk Calls John for a Meanderingly Interesting Chat
Season 3
Now that we're well into Formosa Files season three, your co-hosts add some background to stories we've told, try to clear up misconceptions about th…
2 years, 8 months ago