Podcast Episodes

1962: Taiwan’s Bloody Year You’ve Never Heard Of -S5-E13

Season 5 Episode 13

PLEASE NOTE: Formosa Files 中文版 has a new, separate feed. Hear it HERE, or on our website. Thanks!

This week, Formosa Files digs into two wild and almost totally forgotten killings from Taiwan’s Cold …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese and Taiwanese Names… Too Many Names! – S5-E12

Season 5 Episode 12

Your name carries history, identity, and sometimes in Taiwan, salmon? In this episode, we explore Taiwanese/Chinese naming traditions: family names, generational names, courtesy names, and how coloni…

Published on 4 months ago

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! 重要公告

Season 5

The Chinese podcast hasn’t disappeared; it’s now got its own feed.

FORMOSA FILES中文版的節目沒有消失！我們成立了新的頻道（SPOTIFY、APPLE），並將所有的中文版 podcast 章節移動過去。之後FORMOSA FILES中文版將以新的頻道繼續為各位聽眾朋友帶來有趣的臺灣歷史故事。

Those who wish …

Published on 4 months ago

“China’s Titanic” (1949) & The Cruise That Ended in Cremation (1994) - S5-E11

Season 5 Episode 11

Often called “China’s Titanic,” the 1949 sinking of the Taiping claimed over 1,000 lives as desperate refugees fled Shanghai for Taiwan. Forty-five years later, another tragedy struck: 24 Taiwanese t…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Taiwan in the “Teens” (1911-1919) – S5-E10

Season 5 Episode 10

This early part of the twentieth century was filled with revolutions and wars (including the First World War). Formosa, however, was a relatively stable Japanese colony. But not entirely stable. We’l…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH54-永和勵行中學殺人事件—臺灣1962年兩大連續殺人案（2）

1962年，在當時的臺北縣永和鎮發生了一件轟動全臺的連續殺人案。一位（被）退休的老師持槍進入勵行中學，造成七死三傷的慘案。然而這件案件最引人注目的，卻反而是兇手的身分以及他在案發後的詭異行徑。這集的 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast，就讓兩位主持人來跟大家聊聊這起喧騰一時的殺人事件。

主持人簡介：

Eryk Michael Smith－ICRT南臺灣特派員，長期從事記者採編工作、聲…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Taoyuan Magistrate Mass Murder and Gangsters in the Taiwan Government - S5-E9

Season 5 Episode 9

After the “execution-style” murder of Taoyuan Magistrate Liu Pang-yu and half a dozen others at Liu’s official residence in November 1996 by assassins deemed connected to the underworld, Taiwan’s aut…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH53-更寮腳營區殺人事件—臺灣1962年兩大連續殺人案（1）

過去的臺灣，似乎並不是一個非常平靜的地方。在1960年代，對外有持續發生小規模衝突的共產中國，對內則有軍隊紀律、匪諜滲透、省籍情節等問題。雖然實施了戒嚴，但社會的治安依然不甚穩定。而在1962年，民國51年，就發生了兩件駭人聽聞的連續殺人案。這集的 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast，就讓兩位主持人來跟大家聊聊當年其中一件發生在軍營，罕為人知的殺人事件。

主持人簡介：

Eryk Mi…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Taiwan’s Stock Market Bubble – And the Crash of 1990 - S5-E8

Season 5 Episode 8

Shortly after the Lunar New Year of 1990, the Taiwan Stock Exchange (the Taiex) hit a peak of almost 12,500. Eight months later it had fallen to a low of about 2,500 – an 80% collapse, and one of the…

Published on 5 months ago

FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH52-臺灣戰後至今的人口問題—節育與「催生」政策

臺灣在戰後很快的成為「復興基地」，接收了百萬播遷來臺的中國軍民，但仍需儲備「反攻大陸」所需的兵力；再加上農業社會需要大量人力，政府於是鼓勵生育，臺灣人口也隨之快速增加。然而在八十年後的今日，臺灣的生育率卻是世界倒數，人口也開始節節下降。這集的 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast，就讓兩位主持人來跟大家聊聊，臺灣人口的故事與挑戰。

主持人簡介：

Eryk Michael Smith－I…

Published on 5 months ago