Taiwan Talk

We speak with Jimmy Lin of the Rare Genomics Institute for his thoughts on the future of biotech in Taiwan, and what can be done to make the industry thrive.

National Taiwan University Professor Benson (Ping-Cheng) Yeh tells us about the game he developed to make learning addictive for students.

Taiwanese inventor Gordon Teng tells us why he wants to see Taiwan shift from a country that focuses on manufacturing to one focused on design and invention.

We speak to company spokesperson Jame Lin about the company's success so far, and how they plan to break into Western markets.

The group focuses on supporting Taiwan¡¦s English speaking entrepreneurs get their business off the ground. We sit down with the group¡¦s founder, Jeffrey Ling, to hear about its work.

This is the 4th and final episode for this month-long series and on this edition of HereSay we'll be featuring stories from Taipei Story Slam events throughout the year on the theme "Friend or Foe?"

We take to the streets of Taipei to find out what the city's residents are thinking about this week's mayoral election.

We're on to episode 3 of ICRT's new storytelling program, HereSay. On this episode we'll be featuring stories from Taipei Story Slam's June event theme of "Lost and Found."

On this episode we hear from the two candidates who will be competing in Tainan's mayoral election set to take place later this month.

This week, we continue ICRT's new storytelling program, HereSay. On this episode we'll be featuring stories from Taipei Story Slam on the theme of "Coming Home."

On this episode we hear from two candidates who will be competing in local elections later this month: Kaohsiung KMT Candidate Yang Chiu-hsing, and Taichung KMT Candidate Jason Hu.

This is the first broadcast episode of ICRT's new storytelling program, Heresay. On this episode we'll be featuring the stories told at May's Taipei Story Slam event.

ICRT is launching a new show called HereSay that will feature stories from Taipei Story Slam events. The first broadcast will be Thursday November 6th at 9pm, and here's a little sample of what to expect from the show.

On this episode we put the same set of questions to both candidates, Sean Lien of the KMT and independent candidate Ko Wen-je, to get a sense of how their platforms compare.

We speak with Jeraldine So, a volunteer tour guide at the National Palace Museum, about what it takes to present the treasures of the museum to an English speaking audience.

Since taking up his post in Washington DC earlier this year, Ambassador Shen Lyu-Shun has been making the case for the US to up its backing for Taiwan, and on this episode he tells us a little bit about his view on the prospects for increased cooperation.

On this show we speak to US expatriate Mike Campbell who founded Taiwan based language learning company Glossika about the company's project to create audio learning kits for all of Taiwan's languages.

We take a look at the backlash caused by comments from former AIT Director Richard Bush that many interpreted to mean that the US is planning to involve itself in Taiwan's 2016 presidential election.

We speak to the Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation about their campaign to urge Japan's government to take responsibility for forcing women from territories it occupied during World War Two to work as sex slaves serving Japanese soldiers.

Now that we're just about two weeks into Taiwan's latest edible oil contamination scare, we check in with a consumer advocacy group to get their take on why Taiwan has been unable to shake this recurring problem.