FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E26: Bits and Pieces - October 2024
Did you know?
Joseph Stalin saved Chinese characters. (um… sort of) In Qing-era Taiwan, two men sometimes SHARED a wife! John has done 10 episodes of our other podcast, “Bookish Asia.” Plum Rain Press, the new publishing arm of Formosa Files, is about to release an epic historical novel by Dr. Chen Yao-chang 陳耀昌, the man behind the Netflix series Seqalu.
This week John and Eryk wander around a bit, give you some info, tell a few cool stories, and have a laugh or two in one of Formosa Files’ every-now-and-then “Bits and Pieces” episodes.
Cover shows - left: A propaganda poster from the early days of the PRC, when Mao and Stalin were still friendly (via Fight Back News). Center: the cover of the upcoming "Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa," an epic historical novel by Dr. Chen Yao-chang 陳耀昌 (via the Ministry of Culture). Background right: the tomb of Prince (or Lord) Ningjing (寧靖王) in Kaohsiung's Hunei District. Bottom right: Dr. Chen Yao-chang 陳耀昌.
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The Formosa Files podcast is sponsored by the FRANK CHEN FOUNDATION (陳啟川先生文教基金會)
Website: https://www.frank-chen.org.tw/
This top-rated history podcast tells stories from the history of Formosa (Taiwan) from circa 1600 C.E. - 2000 C.E., via interesting, lesser-known short stories presented in a non-chronological order.
HOSTS: John Ross is an author and co-founder of publisher Camphor Press, which specializes in books on Taiwan and China in English, while Eryk Michael Smith has worked as a writer and journalist for multiple media outlets in Taiwan, including the island's only English-language radio station ICRT (FM 100.7). Both Ross and Smith have lived in Taiwan for well over 20 years and call the island home.
