Taiwan Talk ICRT
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- Society & Culture
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Taiwan Talk is here to tell the stories of people living in Taiwan, as well as Taiwanese people living abroad! Every Monday, an ICRT host chats with newsmakers and personalities about Taiwan's culture, lifestyle, business, and arts. Taiwan Talk airs on ICRT FM100 at 8am, and in the evening in the 6pm news hour.
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Coffee Meets Bagel CEO Arum Kang on how to Meet Your "Forever-Someone"
Can technology really help you find the partner of your dreams? Coffee Meets Bagel Co-Founder and CEO Arum Kang thinks so. She tells I-C-R-T's Hope Ngo how algorithms could be the 21st century Cupid singletons are looking for.
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There All Along: Lawyer John Eastwood discovers Taipei's architectural gems
Lawyer and longtime Taiwan resident John Eastwood's social media now features curated images of some of Taipei's most iconic colonial buildings. He speaks to I-C-R-T's Hope Ngo about his interest in local architecture: what spurred it and what captures his imagination.
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More than fusion: Chef Kunihiro Hagimoto on his one Michelin star restaurant Inita
Japan and Italy may sit on different, faraway continents, but Initia's Chef Kunihiro Hagimoto says its easy to catch the similarities between the two cuisines -- and what they are -- during a chat with I-C-R-T 's Hope Ngo.
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Historian Mark O'Neill offers a fresh take on Taiwan's turbulent past
Taiwan may be a democracy today but it wasn't always this way. Writer and historian Mark O'Neill spent some years in Taipei during the 1980s -- he covers that period in his latest book in a chat with I-C-R-T's Hope Ngo.
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From researching policy to making laws: the DPP's Chen Kuan Ting
As CEO of Taiwan NextGen Foundation, Chen Kuan Ting dreamt of "empowering the next generation of Taiwan's leaders". Today he has a chance of turning his vision into actionable plans as a member of the incoming Legislative Yuan. He speaks to I-C-R-T's Hope Ngo about his legislative agenda.
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The Political Journey of the TPP's Cynthia Wu (吳欣盈)
Cynthia Wu is a successful businesswoman and philanthropist who wears many hats. Most recently, she had been at the Legislative Yuan for just over a year before she was asked to be the running mate of TPP Vice-Presidential Candidate Ko Wen-je. Wu tells I-C-R-T's Hope Ngo what drew her to politics, and what she hopes to achieve as she re-enters civilian life.