May 18, 2020

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:What a fun, spirited conversation I had with my guests Valerie Soe and Kristina Wong! We could certainly use more conversations like this in this post-COVID-19 world. We talked about the Auntie Sewing Squad, a sewing circle formed during the global Coronavirus pandemic, that has taken on making

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May 11, 2020

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Since I’ve stepped into the role of Producer of this podcast, in addition to being the host, we’ve been working on consistently delivering quality content, and on releasing previously unreleased episodes. In doing so, it’s allowed me to revisit some of our previous guests like Peter Lin

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May 4, 2020

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:Peter Lin, is a trombone player, leader of the jazz band, The Lintet, and music teacher. He is a man who wears a lot of different hats! In March of 2018, Peter talked about his career as a professional musician, the difference between being a bandleader versus a

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April 27, 2020

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Scott Simon, Professor in the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies and Co-holder of the Research Chair in Taiwan Studies at the University of Ottawa spoke with us about an article he wrote for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute which served to sound a warning to the global community

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April 20, 2020

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:I invited Emily Chen on to Talking Taiwan as a guest to talk about how she manages to homeschool during the coronavirus when having her kids home full-time during this pandemic. The idea for this episode came from a Google doc that was created and shared by Emily

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April 14, 2020

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:Since Taiwan has received a great deal of recognition globally for its successful containment of COVID-19, I’ve been looking to interview a medical professional about Taiwan’s response and handling of the Coronavirus. Special thanks to Dr. Han Mingrong (韓明榮) for his help in connecting me with Dr. Brian

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