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I share “Untold Herstory,” the first Taiwanese film that explores the experiences of female political prisoners jailed in the concentration camp on Green Island during the White Terror period of the 1950s. 聊電影《流麻溝十五號》，台灣第一部描述白色恐怖女性政治犯的歷史電影。
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In response to a listener’s request, I talk about Taiwan’s unique receipt lottery culture and important phrases to know when living in Taiwan. 聊聊台灣獨特的發票文化、說明外國人來台灣生活一定會聽到的「統編、載具、會員」是什麼。
聊我對台灣選舉的印象和想法。 Talking about my experience with elections in Taiwan.
分享《九槍》這部探討移工議題的紀錄片。Sharing a Taiwanese documentary I recently watched, “And Miles to Go Before I Sleep,” which uses an incident as a way to discuss the plight of migrant workers in Taiwan.
聊台灣文學作品《亞細亞的孤兒》。In this new series, I’m going to talk about some Taiwanese literature works. Today’s book: Orphan of Asia by Wu Chuo-liu(1900-1976). He was born into Japanese-controlled Taiwan, when being Taiwanese was — complicated. He explores this muddled identity in the book. Interestingly, he wrote “Orphan of Asia” in Japanese. It was later translated to Chinese, and English.
Following their conversation on what they love about Taiwan, Abby and 日新 discuss what they find unpleasant about the country. 繼上集和日新聊了我們喜歡台灣的原因，這集來討論我們不喜歡台灣的什麼。
Abby and 日新 talk about what they love about Taiwan. Abby和日新聊聊他們喜歡台灣的什麼——分別以在地台灣人和台灣新住民（美國人）的角度。
In part two about Taiwan’s tragic journey to democracy, I continue to talk about the Formosa Incident(1979), Dr. Chen Wen-chen Incident(1981), and Nylon Cheng’s self-immolation for freedom of speech(1989). 接續上集討論台灣悲傷的歷史，這集繼續來談談台灣迎向民主之前的一些悲慘事件：解嚴前的美麗島事件、陳文成事件、鄭南榕為爭取百分之百言論自由而自焚。
In this episode I talk about the contemporary history of Taiwan, which covers Japanese colonialism(1895-1945), the KMT (aka Chinese Nationalist Party)’s brutal rule: 228 Massacre(1947) and 38-year-long martial law period (aka the White Terror, 1947-1987). I also discuss the complexity of Taiwanese people’s identity. 本集談談台灣悲慘的歷史：日本殖民時期、國民黨來台後的228事件大屠殺、長達三十八年的戒嚴/白色恐怖時期，以及台灣人複雜的身份認同。
小伊 talks to Abby about his experience with job hunting in Taiwan. They also discuss what their ideal job would be, ridiculous job interviews they’ve had, and problems with Taiwan’s job market. A lot of this episode is just Abby ranting (about the job market) lol 小伊和Abby聊聊他們找工作的經驗、誇張的面試問題、台灣求職環境的問題。不小心變成抱怨職場大會 xD
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