Taiwanese Diaspora Podcast

Excited to share this episode where Grace Chou, where we chat about marathon running and podcasting, as well as her adventures living around the world (South Africa, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, US). 我們聊跑馬拉松，做podcast，還有了解她當台灣外交官的女兒真麼在不同國家生長的故事。她住過南非，巴西，葡萄牙，西班牙，美國！ 恭喜 Huge congratulations to Grace! 她最近出了podcast，歡迎大家收聽！ She recently launched her podcast Stories from a Nomadic Citizen -- check it out! Get in touch w/Grace at stories.nomadicitizen@gmail.com. (This episode is in English and Chinese, w/a little Portuguese and Spanish. 這集是用英文跟國語聊，Grace 還有用葡萄牙語跟西班牙語介紹！) *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ Social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.taiwanesediaspora.com. Email 電子信箱: hello@taiwanesediaspora.com. Support 贊助: https://ko-fi.com/twdiaspora and https://bookshop.org/shop/twdiaspora --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/twdiaspora/support

(episode is in English)  Honored to share this conversation with Jeff Tseng, centered around a post he wrote on social media (quoted below) in reaction to the recent spike in violence against Asians in the US. We discuss racism in the workplace and dating worlds, and reflect on how writing is a great way to process thoughts and feelings.  Favorite lines from our convo: "We wear our Asian-ness externally. There's no escaping it. People will assign it to you regardless -- it's the snap judgement that everyone makes." "Be a voice in conversations. Amplify other voices that you find to ring true in your mind and your heart." . Jeff's post:  "My father used to make us use an alias when joining the waitlist at restaurants. “If they see our names are Chinese, they will make us wait longer.” I suppose we’ll never know if the host stand at the Cheesecake Factory in White Flint Mall indeed had a racial bias issue, but my father’s paranoia showed me the precariously thin line Asian Americans walk on

(episode in English and Mandarin / 英文＋國語) "I had good people around me and good people pushing me in the right direction." So excited to share this conversation with Bruce Chiang 江中翔 !  (4:15) 江中翔 的自我介紹. (7:00) 台灣出生，客家人，為什麼到俄勒岡州. (5:00) Bruce self-intro in English. He was born in Taiwan and grew up in Hood River, Oregon, where he didn't grow up around too many other Taiwanese-American families. (15:00) Starting school in the US, parents teaching them Chinese, AAU travel basketball. 在美國上學，父母教中文，打籃球。 (22:00) Sharing his unique experiences growing up in rural America. 在鄉下長大的特色。 (26:30) High school to college, jobs, post-college. (39:15) Advice on how to get his dream job (3 options), informational interviews, networking tips. (45:30) Going to Taiwan to work for a year.  (57:00) Getting his dream job, having that job end suddenly, starting his own company, living the dream.  *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ Social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.taiwanesediaspora.com.

(episode in English / 英文) William Wang is a law enforcement agent ("Mountie") with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP 加拿大皇家騎警) in Saskatchewan (薩斯喀徹溫省) and cohost of The Financial Classroom podcast. In our conversation today, he shares first about growing up in Kaohsiung and Vancouver (溫哥華), and then we chat about his passion for personal finance (個人財務) and the FIRE movement (財務獨立提早退休). Listen to The Financial Classroom podcast on Spotify, on Apple, or other podcast players. Follow their tips on Facebook, on Instagram. *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ Social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.taiwanesediaspora.com. Email 電子信箱: hello@taiwanesediaspora.com. Support 贊助: https://ko-fi.com/twdiaspora and https://bookshop.org/shop/twdiaspora --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/twdiaspora/support

(episode in English / 英文) Fully-packed episode with David Tan, who became an educator after learning about educational inequities. He's on a mission to help third-culture kids discern identity. He was born in the US and attended international schools in Asia in his middle and high school years. He returned to the US to attend college at The Ohio State, triple majoring in Chinese, political science and economics. After deciding to pursue education instead of law, he went to the University of Michigan for his Master's. He then taught social studies in Detroit, Nigeria, and Vietnam. 這集是與 David 分享他了解美國城市教育不平等，讓他想去當老師。他的目的是幫助第三文化的孩子辨認身份，能過認識自己。他出生於美國，初中和高中期間搬到亞洲讀國際學校。 他回到美國上俄亥俄州立大學，主修中文，政治學和經濟學三門專業。 在決定追求教育而不是法律之後，他去了密歇根大學攻讀碩士學位。 然後，他在底特律，尼日利亞和越南教社會研究。 Topics discussed:  - (2:09) David's self-intro in English. - (5:36) 中文的自我介紹.  - (8:31) The most influential and formidable place he's lived. - (16:48) Culture shock experienced when returning to the US for college? - (27:36) Master's program and student t

(bilingual episode in Mandarin Chinese and English / 中英) Fun episode with Cherry Lin 林璩茜! Cherry recently launched a cooking website geared towards students living on their own -- it includes recipes that helped her survive years of learning how to adult. Check it out at stucipe.live and let her know what your favorite dishes are! 她最近新開始了網站有學習下廚的食譜，歡迎大家參考！ Topics discussed:  - speaking 4.5 languages: English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Thai, Dutch, - life as a 20-year old college student in Amsterdam (阿姆斯特丹上大學),  - dating article written by Cherry (https://www.thetracksblog.com/post/online-dating-a-selfish-phenomenon), - holiday traditions in the Netherlands featuring Dutch Sinterklaas, - childhood in Thailand (泰國生長),  - childhood in Thailand (泰國生長), childhood in Thailand (泰國生長),  - skiing in Switzerland with secondary school (瑞士滑雪),  *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ Social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.taiwanesediaspora.com. Email 電子信箱: hello@taiwa

(bilingual episode in Mandarin Chinese and English / 中英) Wellington Tzou discusses growing up in Atlanta, Georgia,  key dates in the upcoming Georgia Senate Runoff Election, founding TASA at Emory University, and becoming Board President at the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL). 喬治亞州參議院選舉 ， 台美公民協會. --- Key dates and links for the Georgia Senate Runoff Elections:  Request absentee ballot: https://ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov/ Register to vote and check your registration: https://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/ 12/7/2020: voter registration deadline. 12/14/2020: in-person early voting begins, at any polling location in your county.  1/5/2021: runoff election for U.S. Senate seats and Georgia office seats, at your assigned polling location. --- Relevant links:  Center for Pan Asian Community Services http://cpacs.org/  Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL) https://tacl.org/ *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ Social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.taiwanesediaspor

(bilingual episode) It's my great pleasure to speak with Chantelle Lin, CEO and Linda Chen, Head of Social Media from 愛睏娛樂 Aikhun Entertainment. Aikhun Entertainment has partnered with the Taipei Film Festival and the Asian World Film Festival to put on the Dream Flare Film Festival, going on right now through Nov 20, 2020.  -- Virtual event accessible to North American audience only: Week 1 (Nov 6-13): 8 Full-Length Films | 長片. Week 2 (Nov 13-20): 7 Short Films | 短片. -- Dream Flare Film Festival  Aikun Facebook  Aikhun Instagram  -- Purchase tickets and passes 買票:  Promo code: ‘80DFFFIGFR’ for 20% off All Access Pass (base price $48). 10% off on tickets for these featured movies: Get the Hell Out 逃出立法院 (Discount Code: 10DFFFGTHO).  The Way Home 阿查依蘭的呼喚 (Discount Code: 10DFFFHome).  Ama & Alan 阿嬤阿倫 (Discount Code: 10DFFFAhma). *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ Social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.taiwanesediaspora.com. Email 電子信箱: hello@taiw

US 2020 Elections are around the corner. Are you ready to vote?  -- More resources mentioned on the episode listed on the website 請到主網頁看更多相關資訊連結: https://taiwanesediaspora.com/podcast/episode-28 -- This topic of this episode was suggested by listeners. So we sit down with a few listeners and talk about voting in the upcoming 2020 US general election. This episode is non-partisan, serving as a bilingual resource for those voting for the first time. General elections are more than just voting for a president. Depending on the state's cycle, you can vote on governors, senators, congressmen, state and local officials, on ballot questions, referendums, etc. Understandably, it can be a confusing process for first-time voters, especially non-native English speakers.  Some states will put information out in more than just English, but often times, you have to do your own digging. Here are some resources referenced in this episode: 這集的主題是聽眾建議的。我們會與幾位聽眾聊聊即將來臨的美國2020年大選。這集無關黨派，主要是提供第一次投票的人雙語資訊做為參考。美國的大選不僅是選總統，

(Episode is in Mandarin Chinese and English; 這集是用國語跟英文) (3:05) English: Chien-Chi is a breast cancer survivor (乳癌倖存者) and founder of the non-profit organization Asian Women for Health (亞裔女性健康聯盟) -- a peer-led, community-based network dedicated to advancing Asian women's health and wellness through education, advocacy, and support.  (3:58) 國語： 台商會  (10:21) English: mental health resources, Asian American Mental Health Forum (volunteer-run annual event).  (11:40) English: global attendees, get trained to be a facilitator and lead a cohort. Check out the multi-lingual programs and informational resources for cancer support groups, mental health resources, COVID and hepatitis B. (13:43) 國語: 推廣 B 敢言的講座，健康方面 (14:45) English: The annual fundraising gala this year will on Oct 17 (virtually): 2020 CelebrAsians Fashion Benefit! Asian Women for Health will host its 8th annual CelebrAsians Survivor Fashion Benefit: Embodying HERstory on Saturday, October 17, 2020, from 6:15-8:30 p.m (ES

(Episode is in English; 這集是用英文) Starting college and want some advice on getting through the mounds of assigned readings and essay writing? Check out Chelsea's tips (recorded pre-COVID). Back-to-school series featuring Chelsea. At the time of recording, Chelsea was wrapping up her first semester of senior year in college. 我們是肺炎之前錄這集。她剛好在大四的寒假休息，準備上大學最後一學期! She has since graduated! Congrats, Chelsea! 恭喜! (1:30) A sneak peak into dorm/apt life: Roomba fights. 住在學校跟室友活動。 (2:16) Favorite class: socratic seminar. 在喜歡的課。 (6:41) Tips on how she keeps up with all the assigned readings for classes to effectively writes essays (without drafting or outlining the way we’re taught in high school). 有什麼方法讀老師指定的閱讀然後能夠很快的寫作文。 (11:52) Pep band! 參加學校的樂團，在籃球比賽表演。 (18:25) Post college plans. 畢業後的安排。 *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.taiwanesediaspora.com. Email 電子信箱: hello@taiwanesediaspora.com. Support 贊助: https://ko-fi.com/twdiaspora. --- Support this podcas

(Episode is in English; 這集是用英文) Back-to-school series featuring Christopher, a high school sophomore at the time of the pre-COVID recording, about running on the track team and recovering from a flub when he dropped the baton during a relay. We're joined by his older sister, who adds some insights as well. Other topics: high school classes, pep rallies and football games, volleyball state championship games.  高中賽跑隊 Cover art photo courtesy of @cyehphotography *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.taiwanesediaspora.com. Email 電子信箱: hello@taiwanesediaspora.com. Support 贊助: https://ko-fi.com/twdiaspora. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/twdiaspora/support

(Episode is in English; 這集是用英文) Back-to-school series featuring Christian (a high school sophomore at the time of the pre-COVID recording). He talks about all the memorable things I personally associate with high school (super nostalgic!): band friends, band trips, music auditions, and finding a "school family" through team sports. If you're a high school student interested in auditioning for out-of-school chamber groups, such as the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra, Christian will tell you about his experience auditioning on trumpet. In addition to going to 中文學校 on weekends, Christian also takes Chinese at high school -- he'll tell us about some of the project-based learning they do (possibly good tips for people involved in teaching weekend Chinese schools!). Christian plays a snippet of La Vie en Rose on trumpet. Enjoy! 今天這集提到：吹喇叭，試聽，美國學校中文課的課程跟在中文學校學的差別。 Cover art photo courtesy of @cyehphotography *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.t

親愛的聽眾們， 你也在不同文化求學、生活、工作，或正在探索你的台灣人身份嗎？歡迎來加入好奇槓鈴和台灣人Podcast的聯合線上 Meet Up 吧！ 這是個中英文雙語的聚會，我們想討論的話題包括：探索在跨文化生活的人生樣貌；在海外科技及運動科學的生活與工作；其他你想聊的話題。 Hi Curious Barbell and Taiwanese Diaspora listeners! We're co-hosting a bilingual meetup this weekend for our podcast fans. Come hang out and meet other listeners! After a quick round of intros, we'll open up the floor. Some topics of interest to us are: Navigating between cultures (在文化之間); Living abroad as a 華僑 and supporting Taiwanese-owned businesses; Careers in sports science and fitness, tech; You suggest (when you register)! [Meet Up 時間 date & time] Saturday 8/29 @ 9-10:30 pm US Eastern 美國東部。Saturday 8/29 @ 6-7:30 pm US Pacific 美國西部。Sunday 8/30 @ 9-10:30 am Taiwan 台灣。Sunday 8/30 @ 11 am - 12:30 pm Sydney 澳洲。 [報名方式 Registration Link] 請到以下 Gumroad 網址報名，你將能在報名後獲得Zoom會議的註冊連結. https://gum.co/jMJut。 [報名費用 Fees] 自由抖內 By donation。本次聚會走溫馨路線限額10名，快加入我們吧！We have 10 spots for this meet up. Join us now! [關於我們 About US] 台灣人Taiwanese Diaspora Podcast 是由Cynthia 林所主持、以中英雙語進行

(Episode is in English; 這集是用英文) Super fun pre-COVID19 conversation with Chloe (age 10)! She very articulately shares insights about life as a fifth grader: games at recess, responsibilities of a patrol, graduation traditions, 中文學校，演講比賽, learning from her siblings on how to skate and play trumpet, helping her parents cook dumplings and mochi, and nervous anticipations about starting middle school.  Cover art photos courtesy of @cyehphotography   *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.taiwanesediaspora.com. Email 電子信箱: hello@taiwanesediaspora.com. Support 贊助: https://ko-fi.com/twdiaspora. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/twdiaspora/support

(Episode is in English; 這集是用英文) Today's interview was recorded in April and features Scott Hsu. He's a 2nd gen Taiwanese American teacher/musician/father who grew up in Massachusetts and spent most of his formative years in the college town of Amherst. His wife is a 2nd gen Taiwanese-American as well and they have two 3rd gen kids (ages 9 and 10). Scott had been teaching high school math at international schools for the past 7 years.  His family has had the opportunity to live in New Delhi, India for 3 years and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for 4 . Aside from teaching, he's a concert organizer in HCMC and an aspiring professional musician.  Topics discussed: growing up in Amherst, becoming a teacher at American schools abroad, moving to different countries with young children, music scene in Ho Chi Minh City, quarantining and remote teaching due to coronavirus.  Check out Scott's music projects:  Meta Forrester (retired project): https://open.spotify.com/artist/4d67fgv8qtDj4LXXVmaJZc. Delta C

(Episode is in English and Chinese; 這集是用英文跟中文)  Bilingual conversation with the founder of Outreach for Taiwan (OFTaiwan.org) Eric Tsai. We connected at the Boston Taiwan Film Festival last year. Eric talks about why he founded Outreach for Taiwan, and about the types of workshops and topics he prepares for various Taiwanese-American student groups. He's recently been doing live streams on Facebook, so tune in to learn more!  蔡宗霖  用雙語跟我們介紹他組織的研討會，幫台美人多瞭解台灣歷史跟別的話題。我們去年在波士頓影展認識。 Follow Eric! Instagram @OFTaiwan. Daily posts at Facebook.com/OFTaiwan.org. *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.taiwanesediaspora.com. Email 電子信箱: hello@taiwanesediaspora.com. Support 贊助: https://ko-fi.com/twdiaspora. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/twdiaspora/support

Reposting my interview with Susie! Susie Wang is one of my beloved podcast hosts. She has two (!) podcasts -- one in English (titled: "Darling what did you say") and one in Mandarin (and sometimes Taiwanese, titled "雪梨台灣阿姐的碎碎念 (華語)"). Tune in on any podcast player and follow Susie on Instagram at Instagram @sydneytaiwanbigsister. I've been following Susie since I started this podcast and so very excited we got to talk. We recorded at the end of week four of Boston's stay-at-home orders (slightly scratchy sound quality because we tried something different to record), and posting it now during week eight (thanks for your patience!)  我跟雪梨阿姐聊得很開心！我很愛聽她做的兩個 podcast （推薦大家聽聽看！）。我們是在波士頓防疫隔離第四個禮拜聊；現在已經第八個禮拜了！ *** Episode #168 on Susie Wang's podcast.  在美國出生的Cynthia 講講他的Taiwanese Diaspora 台灣人Podcast 跟台灣人華僑和華裔的雙語訪談。 聊聊波士頓防疫生活 為什麼在美國出生現在確對台灣和中文很有興趣 Cynthia 是我做podcast 以來最早認識的podcaster 我們終於講到話覺得超開心！ Taiwanese Diaspora 台灣人Podcast *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

(Episode is in English)  Emi Higashiyama (東山絵美 / 陳繪美) discusses her new research project: documenting Japanese colonial architecture in Taiwan. She was born in Japan to Taiwanese immigrant parents, grew up in Taiwan (she identifies as a "third culture kid"), went to American school in Taiwan, and traveled extensively in her adult life. She has a ton of hobbies and interests, which led her to historic preservation. Connect with her @JapaneseColonial on Instagram!  保留台灣日本時代的建築物 *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @twdiaspora.  hello@taiwanesediaspora.com.  www.taiwanesediaspora.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/twdiaspora/support

(Episode is in English) Winnie Chen works in public affairs and loves journaling. She shares tidbits about her experience growing up in CA: about being a rebel by skipping Chinese school, about how her favorite college subjects helped her understand her bicultural identity and appreciate her parents' sacrifices, and about how she handled encountering racism in class by a guest lecturer. 在公共關係上班，遇到種族歧視。 Follow Winnie on Instagram @lilwonnton.  Website: https://www.wordswithwons.com *** Shownotes TBD *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @twdiaspora. hello@taiwanesediaspora.com www.taiwanesediaspora.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/twdiaspora/support