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Join us as we try to answer some questions we've gotten, such as "What is Whisby and... just why?" You'll also discover Eryk's shameful secret (he loves betel nuts!), and hear John's opinion on re-introducing the extinct clouded leopard.
Note: Cover photo appeared in a 2023 issue of White Fungus.
Spent fireworks and bottle of an alcoholic energy drink with Chinese medicine popular among laborers in Taiwan, following a "Bombing of Lord Han Dan" temple event during Lantern Festival in Taitung, 2020. The drink shown is very similar to "Whisby," another such beverage discussed in this episode.
Photo by Damien Owen Trainor.
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Check our very first episode, the story of a very white man who showed up in London in 1703... and claimed to be from Formosa. Or try a foodie episode from Season 3. Or, for those who want some harder-core history, hear the tale of the Lockheed U-2 pilot Wang Hsi-chueh 王錫爵, who became famous for defecting to the PRC by hijacking China Airlines Flight 334 on May 3, 1986.
