• S4-E32 - The “Demon of Chiayi” - and other true crime tales
    Nov 21 2024

    From a couple of morons who dismember themselves in a bid to scam insurance companies, to the famous “Demon of Chiayi” serial killer Chen Jui-chin 陳瑞欽 (plus the story of the only woman on death row in Taiwan), this week Formosa Files brings you an assortment of true crime stories.


    WARNING: Don't play this episode aloud where children might hear.


    Lots of pics and links at our website.

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    33 mins
  • 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.


    Visit our website for more.

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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
  • S4-E30 - The “First” Chinese Person to Visit Taiwan - Chen Di 陳第 (1603)
    Nov 7 2024

    400 Years: Dutch Formosa - part one


    Of course, Chen Di was not actually the first person from China to visit Taiwan. What makes him special is that he wrote an account of what he saw here in 1603, and that account is the earliest surviving manuscript discovered thus far.

    Chen Di's short travel commentary focuses mostly on the Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan; their customs, diet, etc., a rare and valuable documentation by a man who was both a scholar and a warrior. Chen Di's account of his 1603 trip was only rediscovered in 1955!


    Interestingly, the same year Chen Di came to Taiwan was when the Dutch East India Company (the VOC) set up a permanent trading post in what's now Indonesia. The Dutch are determined to break into the China trade market - but they'll need another base. Somewhere a bit closer.

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    28 mins
  • FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH30-荷蘭引進的臺灣物產—荷蘭人引入臺灣的動植物
    Nov 5 2024

    荷蘭人來臺雖然只有短短的三十幾年,但為臺灣帶來深遠的影響。其中之一就是把原產南亞、東南亞的許多物種引入臺灣試驗養殖或種植。當然荷蘭人的嘗試並非完全成功,也不一定為臺灣帶來正面的影響,但的確有非常多的物種就此被「馴化」,成為臺灣的物產。這集 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast 就由兩位主持人來跟大家聊聊,日常生活中意想不到的,由荷蘭人引入臺灣的一些物種。


    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
  • S4-E29 - Two Odd and Forgotten Books
    Oct 31 2024

    Need a break from typhoons (Taiwan)? Need to escape the non-stop political election-related noise (USA)? Or maybe you simply would like to hear John and Eryk babble about a couple of strange out-of-print books with a Taiwan connection (everyone)?

    This week we meander, go off on tangents, tell virtually unknown stories (including mysterious deaths), and discuss two books we bet you’ve never heard of, let alone read.

    Also: Happy Halloween (and of course, it's Chiang Kai-shek's birthday).


    More info and links at FORMOSA FILES DOT COM

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    23 mins
  • FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH29-臺灣人的英文老師?—專訪 ICRT 總經理 Tim Berge
    Oct 30 2024

    說到臺灣人早期學習英文的機會,ICRT大概是其中一個大家最熟悉的媒介。ICRT這個廣播電台的歷史從1957年的美軍電台開始,到1979年因為中美斷交而將設備象徵性的「賣」給中華民國政府,並在同年催生了「ICRT」,台北國際社區廣播電台(International Community Radio Taipei)至今,已經用ICRT這個名字在臺灣播送了45年。由於是臺灣歷史上唯一的英語廣播電台,又容易收聽,自然成為臺灣人學習英文與接觸外國文化的重要來源。這回的 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast,就由主持人 Eryk Michael Smith 來專訪ICRT的總經理 Tim Berge,一起為大家說說ICRT的故事。


    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。

    來賓簡介:

    Tim Berge(白健文)-來自美國明尼蘇達州,於1990年加入ICRT,在空中帶領通勤族從臺灣的混亂交通中找出一條回家的安全道路。目前擔任總經理,擅長英語和中文,熱愛火鍋和跑步,並喜歡看喜劇和享受戶外生活。

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    15 mins