Podcast Episodes

[Encore] Mao's Taiwanese Spymaster

The Taiwan News recently did a feature on Formosa Files (link below), and in the article, this episode from 2021 is mentioned. We thought we'd re-rel…

2 years, 8 months ago

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S3-E13 - The Flag of Taiwan (?)

Season 3 Episode 13

You'll see the "Blue Sky, White Sun, and Red Earth" flag everywhere across Taiwan, and each year, streets are lined with this banner to celebrate Dou…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Bonus Episode: Way of the Warrior - Martial Arts Master Chris Bates

Season 3

Ever daydreamed about traveling to East Asia and studying under the great martial arts masters? American Chris Bates did just this, first coming to T…

2 years, 9 months ago

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S3-E12 - American Luxury Cruise Ship Runs into Green Island (1937)

Season 3 Episode 12

The SS President Hoover was a ship ahead of its time, with innovative engine designs, air conditioning in all cabins, and space for almost a thousand…

2 years, 9 months ago

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[Encore] Taiwan’s “Iron Man of Asia” - The Amazing CK Yang (楊傳廣)

Season 3

Decathlete athletes are special. The sport is TEN events: sprint 100 meters, then 400 meters, then race 1500 meters; then comes 110 meters with hurdl…

2 years, 9 months ago

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S3-E11 - Steve McQueen and "The Sand Pebbles" (1966)

Season 3 Episode 11

The Sand Pebbles, which tells the story of the USS San Pablo, a US Navy gunboat operating in China in the 1920s, was shot in northern Taiwan over the…

2 years, 9 months ago

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S3-E10 - Lord of Formosa - Part Two: Coyett VS. Koxinga

Season 3 Episode 10

Joyce Bergvelt's book Lord of Formosa is a novel, but she's an author who has extensively studied the Dutch colonial period and the main characters i…

2 years, 10 months ago

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Bonus Episode: Answering the Mail

Season 3

Join us as we try to answer some questions we've gotten, such as "What is Whisby and... just why?" You'll also discover Eryk's shameful secret (he lo…

2 years, 10 months ago

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S3-E9 - Nixon and Kissinger Grovel in China, and Taiwan’s “China” Days are Numbered

Long hailed as a “historic diplomatic breakthrough,” the reality is that US president Richard Nixon's 1972 trip to China has been rather oversold. Ye…

2 years, 10 months ago

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S3-E8 - Early Photos of Taiwan - by John Thomson - 1871

Season 3 Episode 8

Some of the earliest photos we have of Taiwan were taken by a British photographer who visited the southwest of the island in 1871. Taking pics back …

2 years, 10 months ago

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