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A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: Tobie Openshaw on the Saisiyat Story of Taiwan's "Little People"
The Saisiyat Indigenous people in Hsinchu and Miaoli counties have a famous story about magical “little people” or “dwarfs” called the Koko’ ta’ay. T…
3 years, 3 months ago
S2-E33 - Taiwan's Musical Garbage Trucks - And the Sounds of the 1990s!
Season 2 Episode 33
Many new arrivals to Taiwan are perplexed to hear music from an "ice cream" truck playing almost every day, until they discover that those tunes mean…
3 years, 3 months ago
S2-E32 - “Defectors from the PRC to Taiwan, 1960-1989: The Anti-Communist Righteous Warriors” - Part Two
Season 2 Episode 32
Picking up on last week's conversation between the University of Southern California East Asian Studies Center's Li-ping Chen and author Andrew D. Mo…
3 years, 3 months ago
S2-E31 - “Defectors from the PRC to Taiwan, 1960-1989: The Anti-Communist Righteous Warriors” - Part One
Formosa Files is delighted to announce a very special episode in collaboration with the University of Southern California’s East Asian Studies Center…
3 years, 4 months ago
S2-E30 - The Mysterious Death in Taipei of India's Most Controversial Nationalist
Season 2 Episode 30
Unlike Mahatma Gandhi, fellow Indian pro-independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose advocated taking up arms against the British. WWII presented a golde…
3 years, 4 months ago
S2-E29 - The "Most Powerful Witness" to Modern Taiwan's History: Wu Zhuo-liu (吳濁流) - Part One
Season 2 Episode 29
Sadly, the bloodshed and sorrow that began on February 28, 1947 (228) is the foundational story of post-Japanese Taiwan. Wu Zhou-liu (吳濁流), an ethnic…
3 years, 4 months ago
Bonus Episode: A Look Back and a Peek Forward
As Formosa Files gets ready to end Season 2 and move into Season 3 (fingers crossed), John and Eryk pick season highlights, answer listener questions…
3 years, 4 months ago
S2-E28 - (Not So) Happy Holidays
Season 2 Episode 28
Eryk said to John, "All the traditional festivals celebrated in Taiwan have sad -- or even horrific -- backstories!" John said, "Really? Hmm... I dou…
3 years, 5 months ago
S2-E27 - Ghost Planes and the Japanese Fighter Pilot who Became a God
John loves aviation stories and in this episode we've got two: the first raises some serious questions about an oft-told "ghost plane" tale, while th…
3 years, 5 months ago
S2-E26 - Taiwan's First Civilian Martyr: Teacher Lin Ching-chuan (林靖娟)
Preschool teacher Lin ran back into a burning bus six times, saving as many kids as she could, before succumbing to the flames on her seventh rescue …
3 years, 5 months ago