The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files

By: John Ross and Eryk Michael Smith
  • Summary

  • NEW: Full-length ENGLISH episodes every THURSDAY (and other days too) - One short CHINESE episode on TUESDAY. The history of Taiwan (1600 C.E. - 2000) told through interesting stories in a non-chronological order. John Ross is an author and publisher of works on Taiwan and China, while Eryk Michael Smith has worked as a writer and journalist for several media outlets in Taiwan. Both hosts have lived in Taiwan for well over 20 years and call the island home. Email: formosafiles@gmail.com
    John Ross and Eryk Michael Smith
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Episodes
  • FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH32-差點滅絕的臺灣梅花鹿—復育(太)成功的特有種
    Nov 19 2024

    你知道嗎?臺灣的梅花鹿其實野外的族群已經滅絕。現在在墾丁看到的梅花鹿,都是後來復育的成果。然而臺灣還遺留有非常多以「鹿」命名的地方,間接展現臺灣過去應該是一個遍地鹿群的地方。究竟臺灣是怎麼從鹿群的天堂,變得需要復育梅花鹿呢?復育的成果又如何呢?這集 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast 就由兩位主持人來跟大家聊聊,臺灣梅花鹿的一些故事。


    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、聲音編輯,也會客串DJ。現居高雄,在臺灣已經居住了接近30年,認為臺灣是自己的家。

    Eric Hsu(徐葆權)-彰化北斗人,從大學南漂高雄以來,人生的大部分時間都在高雄渡過。關心臺灣文史與地方文化發展,尤其是自己的兩個家鄉:北斗與高雄。

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    9 mins
  • S4-E31 - Concubines, Wives, and Women - a peek into the personal lives of early Dutch settlers - With Professor Ann Heylen
    Nov 14 2024

    400 Years: Dutch Formosa - part two

    Roughly 80% of Dutch (or other European) men settling in Taiwan as part of the Dutch East India Company's (VOC) presence on Taiwan married Indigenous Taiwanese women!

    Learn more about Dutch-era Taiwan through the eyes of women as a remarkable woman, National Taiwan Normal University Professor Ann Heylen, gives us a glimpse into the severely Calvinist, yet practical, VOC - the world's first multinational corporation.


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    26 mins
  • FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH31-來自臺灣的賑災先鋒—慈濟基金會的故事
    Nov 12 2024

    在國內外發生重大災害的時候,總是會有一群人出現在災區,發放物資或為災民及救災人員準備餐點。臺灣人或許對他們並不陌生:臺灣佛教慈濟基金會,或是以前的慈濟功德會。雖然難免有若干爭議,但不可否認的,走出國際的慈濟已經成為臺灣歷史上非常重要的一個組織。這集 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast 就由兩位主持人來跟大家聊聊,慈濟基金會的一些故事。


    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、聲音編輯,也會客串DJ。現居高雄,在臺灣已經居住了接近30年,認為臺灣是自己的家。

    Eric Hsu(徐葆權)-彰化北斗人,從大學南漂高雄以來,人生的大部分時間都在高雄渡過。關心臺灣文史與地方文化發展,尤其是自己的兩個家鄉:北斗與高雄。

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    10 mins

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