Taiwanese Diaspora 台灣人 Podcast

移工築起的地下社會：跨國勞動在臺灣

Underground Lives: Stories Untold for Migrant Workers in Taiwan

Taiwan's musical theater scene is growing! I had the great pleasure of speaking with Producer CHEN WuMing 陳午明 after seeing the Off-Broadway Musical "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" in Taipei, Taiwan.

One of the best things about being in Taiwan for an extended period is meeting one my favorite podcasters!!

Susie is the brilliant podcaster behind 雪梨台灣阿姐的碎碎念 (華語). She's very consistent at content creation. There's so much I admire about her. What a treat for me that we were able to connect in person!

The topic of today's discussion is a quick overview of what personal storytelling means to us, as it's been a key part of my life the past few years. Eric and I met a few years ago when I was in the beginning stages of podcasting and simultaneously working through some painful moments.

It's been really rewarding that we've stayed in loose contact over the years, and serendipitous that we both happen to overlap in Taiwan this month. It's fun talking with someone who thinks deeply on similar issues (which maybe we'll touch on next time).

Eric is a terrific facilitator and storytelling enthusiast. I've been working on a few projects over the years (chief among them podcasting and writing, while dabbling in a few other things). Though these experiences, I've found that being in creativity cohorts is super helpful and inspiring -- there's magic when you're able to create a safe and vulnerable space to turn pain, stuckness, overwhelming emotions into works of art and healing.

Knowing the power of personal storytelling and carving out time for creativity, we are in early planning phases of putting together a cohort-based Creativity Retreat in Taiwan, and would love to know if any listeners are interested in joining us!

台中的三星尼泊爾手工藝品
Three Stars Nepal in Taichung, Taiwan

After joining a community sound bath experience hosted by my Vipasanna roommate in Taichung, we went to the first shop in Taiwan to sell Himalayan singing bowls (頌缽) and other Nepali gifts and products. I was keen to get one, but it felt overwhelming to play and pick. A very Harry Potter for me. We were there for hours, playing bowls and listening to stories about how Mother Earth is always in communication with us. Maybe next time, the match will be obvious 😉
I went back the next day to interview the owner, Surya, for the podcast. He had a number of wonderful stories about growing up in Nepal, being a mountain guide to Annapurna, and becoming an entrepreneur after immigrating to Taiwan over 25 years ago.
Thank you, Surya, for letting us be in your space for so long!!
老闆二十五年前從尼泊爾移民到台灣。很高興可去店裡學怎麼摩摸頌缽與聊人生的成長！
“認識自己，了解自己，穩定自己。放掉壓力。今天就可以做。今天沒做到，明天可以做。不要很急。沒有什麼來不急的。”
Conversation is mostly in Mandarin with some English.

三星尼泊爾手工藝品 Three Stars Nepal 

在台灣嘉義內觀中心的感想

十一月底去嘉義參加十天的冥想。有很多想法。。。
我以為會有很多外國來的人，但好像只有我！
聽英文也難（有時候猜不出印度口音），聽中文也難（有很多我知道的字跟詞）。
一天要坐十個小時（不是連續坐）非常難。
在外面可以走走，但有時間限制也不能明顯的運動。
到了第十天才能講話，滑手機，寫東西。
還好吃得非常好（謝謝法工！）！
到了第十天才能與室友聊天。
我們有好多話！自我成長，心裡治療，等等。

Solo episode (English): Reflections from attending Vipassana, a 10-day silent meditation retreat, in ChiaYi, Taiwan

Dr. Amy Kwok 是啟兒寶的 CEO。 今天介紹在美國創業的過程，然後把公司搬到台灣的經驗。

啟兒寶PenguinSmart發起於美國矽谷，由麻省理工、哈佛校友聯合創辦，推動智慧型兒童語言復健支持服務，我們的服務很簡單，透過科技結合醫療，擴大早療場域、為家長賦能、為孩子加油。

現在，邀請您一起成為偏鄉和早療孩子復健過程的重要參與者。以啟兒寶PenguinSmart專業團隊開發的科技和遠距早療課程，協助遲緩兒家庭、提供個別化的支持。您的贊助將支持弱勢遲緩兒家庭，讓他們不再被邊緣化，透過在家自主訓練，為孩子營造更多發展機會，大步迎接希望未來。

Interview with Amy Kwok, CEO of Penguin Smart, on taking an MIT Development Lab idea to the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, and forming a startup in Silicon Valley before moving it to Taiwan. Penguin Smart offers digital solutions for parent-centered speech intervention.

#65: In conversation with Healer Hui

A peek into what a conversation between me and Hui is like when we meet up for pickleball and meals. Enjoy!

Discussed:

• leaving her corporate career in finance to pursue becoming a licensed acupuncturist in Boston
• ancestral healing and family constellations 家族組合排列療法 ("家排")
• breaking patterns
• asking for help
• manifestation 顯化
• knowing the how, the what, the why
• attunement to self
• upcoming retreat (note: date is moving from Dec 2023 --> Mar 2024)
  

Reiki and Systemic Constellation Retreat in Thailand

#64: Boston Taiwan Music Festival (Sept 9)

Interview with Alice and Tsung-Hao about the first annual Boston Taiwan Music Festival 波音旺來, happening this weekend on Sept 9!

Free outdoor concert with Taiwanese vibes

Sep 9th, 2023 3:30 — 7:00PM

90 Lincoln St., Newton, MA

3:30 pm DJ Justin

DJ Justin, the Taiwanese American young artist, is going to bring his remix of nostalgic Mando Pop and groovy beat.

4:00 pm Boston You & Me

"Boston You & Me," a celebrated Taiwanese band that has been active in the Greater Boston area for years, will electrify the audience with their rendition of catchy Mandarin pop tunes.

4:50 pm Jenny Fan

The festival's lineup is further enriched by the talents of Jenny Fan, a young artist recognized for her distinctive electronic rhythm and blues style. With an exceptional array of original compositions and adaptations of American pop hits, Jenny Fan's performance promises to be a highlight of the event.

5:30 pm JC Alula

A crescendo of genres awaits as JC Alula, a versatile musician hailing from Taipei, Taiwan, and Berklee College of Music alumna, takes to the stage. From jazz to Mandarin pop, rock, soul, Latin, and R&B, JC Alula's dynamic range will offer the audience a musical journey like no other. Her belief that "Music is a language to connect souls" underscores her commitment to forging connections through her performance.

6:20 pm Jay Chou Tribute

The festival's grand finale promises to be a resounding crescendo as musicians from the Berklee College of Music come together to present "Fantasy Wave (范特西浪潮)," Jay Chou (周杰倫) has been a phenomenon in Asia for decades. Performing a masterful series of adaptations of Jay Chou's classics will provide the Boston Taiwanese community with an unforgettable dose of cherished Mandarin hits.

#63: 2023 Taiwan Film Festival of Boston

This year is the Fifth Annual Taiwan Film Festival of Boston!

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2023 Theme: Faces of Life

09/23

10:30 AM   Opening Remarks & Day Off《本日公休》

12:40 PM  Q&A and Panel Discussion w/ Director 傅天余 Tien-Yu Fu

01:40 PM   Coo-Coo 043《一家子兒咕咕叫》

Restricted ▍輔導級 未滿 12歲孩童不得觀賞

04:15 PM   Can You Hear Me?《講話沒有在聽》

05:30 PM  Reception (separate ticket)

09/24

10:00 AM   The Lucky Woman《逃跑的人》

11:30 AM   Q&A and Panel Discussion  w/ Director  曾文珍 Wen-Chen Tseng 

12:30 PM City of Lost Things《廢棄之城》

02:20 PM   Blue Gate Crossing《藍色大門》

03:45 PM   Q&A and Panel Discussion w/ Director  易智言 Chih-Yen Yee

04:45 PM Closing Ceremony

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Tickets and details:

#62: 2023 波士頓台灣影展

今年是波士頓台灣影展 的第五週年！

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(00:47) 介紹波士頓台灣影展的原始故事

(2:28) 介紹今年的主題： 臉譜

(4:02) 電影： 藍色大門

(4:21) 電影： 廢棄之城

(4:37) 電影： 講話沒有在聽

(4:57) 電影： 一家子男咕咕叫

(5:13) 電影： 逃跑的人

(5:37) 電影： 本日公休

(6:22) 導演介紹： 傅天余 導演

(7:30) 導演介紹： 曾文珍 導演

(8:03) 導演介紹： 易智言 導演

(11:15) 第五週年招待晚夜

(12:28) 孫邊來波士頓玩能看到的景點

(13:21) 介紹座談會的組織人

(14:48) 策展團最期待的電影

(19:21) 支持影展的方法

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2023 Theme： Faces of Life 臉譜

09/23

10:30 AM   Opening Remarks & Day Off《本日公休》

12:40 PM  Q&A and Panel Discussion w/ Director 傅天余 Tien-Yu Fu

01:40 PM   Coo-Coo 043《一家子兒咕咕叫》

Restricted ▍輔導級 未滿 12歲孩童不得觀賞

04:15 PM   Can You Hear Me?《講話沒有在聽》

05:30 PM  Reception (separate ticket)

09/24

10:00 AM   The Lucky Woman《逃跑的人》

11:30 AM   Q&A and Panel Discussion  w/ Director  曾文珍 Wen-Chen Tseng 

12:30 PM City of Lost Things《廢棄之城》

02:20 PM   Blue Gate Crossing《藍色大門》

03:45 PM   Q&A and Panel Discussion w/ Director  易智言 Chih-Yen Yee

04:45 PM Closing Ceremony

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購票 Tickets and details:

#61 - Restauranteur João Winck on starting Bao's Taiwanese Burger in Porto, Portugal

[Episode is in English]

Taiwan Film Festival of Boston (TFFB) is excited to have kicked off 2023 with a sold-out spring event co-organized with ArtsEmerson, Emerson College’s professional presenting and producing organization, at the Emerson Paramount Theater in downtown Boston. We were honored to collaborate with Susan Chinsen, the creative producer and founder of the Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF), which is a professional and international team, to jointly promote “A Letter to A’ma,” a documentary of young people in Taiwan searching for their roots and learning about Taiwan’s history from the perspective of their older family members who are ordinary citizens.

2023 年波士頓台灣影展 (TFFB)的春季活動是與隸屬於 Emerson College 的專業製作團隊 ArtsEmerson 共同合辦 ，地點位於波頓市中心的 Emerson Paramount Theater。Susan Chinsen 是創意製作人，也是波士頓亞美電影節的創辦人。我們很榮幸能夠與非常專業且國際級 的團隊合作，並且結合波士頓亞美電影節 (BAAFF, Boston Asian American Film Festival) 共同推 廣這部帶領台灣人尋根、從庶民視角認識台灣歷史的紀錄片【給阿媽的一封信】

A Letter to A’ma toured in more than 18 cities in North America, including Washington DC, Atlanta, North Carolina, Houston, Los Angeles, Seattle, Northern California, San Diego, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, Chicago, New Jersey, New York, and Boston. We were one of the stops in this relay race. Hosting this film screen challenged us to work as high performing team. All 170 tickets were sold out while more people continue to request tickets. Some even asked for standing spots.

活動當週，170 張電影票全部售罄，且仍有許多觀眾不斷聯絡我們希望可以再拿到更多的 票或者站著觀賞陳慧靈導演的作品。【給阿媽的一封信】是一場北美巡迴的活動，北美超過 18 個城市參與，其中包含華盛頓 DC、亞特蘭大、 北卡、 休士頓、 洛杉磯、 西雅圖,、北加州、 聖 地牙哥、密西根、 俄亥俄州、明尼蘇達州、威斯康星州、匹茲堡、 芝加哥、新澤西、紐約...等。 波士頓是這個接力賽中的其中一站，主辦這個活動是挑戰團隊合作與協調事務的能力。

After the event, Director Chen praised the Taiwan Film Festival of Boston team, saying: "I have never seen any team works so well. The members are young yet mature, and more importantly, every volunteer has an incomparable sense of mission and honor.” Over the years, she had only seen two teams perform at this level. One is TFFB and the other is the Golden Horse Film Festival. She was incredibly touched and encouraged by her trip to Boston.”

陳導演頻 頻讚美波士頓台灣影展說: 「從來沒有見過任何團隊做事這麼有方法，成員這麼年輕且成熟，更重 要的是每一位志工都有無比的使命感與榮譽感。多年以來，她只見過兩個團隊成員有如此的榮譽 感，一個是 TFFB, 另一個是金馬影展。她感覺波士頓之行帶給她無以言喻的感動與激勵。」

After presenting the film, the event featured a post-screening discussion hosted by Julie Wu, a second-generation American-Taiwanese with a literature degree from Harvard University and a medical degree from Columbia University, and the author of "Third Son.” During the discussion, the director spoke about the issue of identity as a Taiwanese. At the end of the discussion, the director recited a poem from the French poet Hugo in French. She expressed that identity is not a single-choice question but a multiple-choice question. Identity is not necessarily the place of birth or where you have lived the longest. Identity is not a noun but a verb; Taiwanese can be a collective achievement formed through the actions of each individual, and it is about what each of us decides to do. After the talk, many Taiwanese and non-Taiwanese audiences shared their thoughts with the director: Taiwan's story made them see the similar situation and common problems faced by their own country.

活動除了播放紀錄片還有映後座談，與談人 Julie Wu 是美台人二代，《三郎》是她的第 一本著作。她在哈佛大學獲得文學學位後，轉於哥倫比亞大學攻讀醫學，行醫幾年後專心在她的 寫作事業與育兒生活。映後座談，導演及與談人帶領大家討論身為台灣人「身分認同」的議題。 會後有許多非台灣的觀眾來找導演分享，他們說台灣的故事讓他們看見自己國家類似的處境以及 所共同面臨的問題。座談最後，導演用法文朗誦法國詩人雨果的詩，表達身份認同不是一個單選 題可以是複選題，身分認同不一定是出身地或身處最久的地方，身分認同不是一個名詞是一個動 詞;台灣人可以是透過每個個體的做為所形成的集體成就，是關乎我們每個人決定怎麼做。

Speakers (in order of appearance):

Emcee: Sherry Lin, TFFB

Moderator: Dr. Julie Wu

Director: CHEN Hui-Ling

Closing Remarks: Susan Chinsen (Creative Producer at ArtsEmerson & Director of the Boston Asian American Film Festival)

In partnership with:

#58: Director CHEN Hui-Ling | 給自己足夠的時間

#57 with Iris: 我正在創造一份很棒的新工作 ! ｜ I'm in the process of building something great!

這集是用國語聊。This episode is in Chinese.

Iris said hi after a talk I gave (in Chinese!) back in October about my journey with podcasting. We finally met up earlier this month. After a two-hour long lunch, Iris and I recorded this conversation about her personal growth journey over the past few years, and the remarkable changes she's seen in herself before and after arriving to Boston (pre-pandemic). We had so much fun, as you'll be able to tell with all the laughs.
Her mantra of telling herself: "我正在創造一份很棒的新工作 !" (I'm in the process of building something great!). I'm adopting it for my morning routine.

Enjoy!

Topics:

從認識自己 ｜ getting to know oneself again

從新建裡自我價值觀 ｜ re-establishing personal values

從建立自己跟自己的信念 ｜rebuilding oneself and one's belief system

我想要當什麼樣的人？我的動機是什麼？我為什麼要對這件事情抓的真麼緊？｜ Who do I want to be? What is my motivation? What's behind the motivation that's causing me to hang on so tightly?

當平靜喜悅的人 ｜to become a calm and joyful person

對待自己的方式讓自己進步｜ how you treat yourself to improve and grow (shame / self-criticism vs encouragement / self-confidence / self-compassion)

用好的精神做每天要做的五件事情｜know when you have your best energy so you can apply it to the five things you set out to do each day

用冥想來消化情緒｜ daily meditation practice to process emotions

用於加來認識身體 ｜ daily yoga to connect with one's body, to see how its feeling and what it's telling you

從讀書裡面找到答案 ｜ read daily -- can learn so much from what other people have gone through

寫感恩日記 ｜ write daily gratitude journal

付出分享 ｜ output

#56: 中華民國 112 年升旗典禮   2023 Taiwan R.O.C. Flag Raising Ceremony in Rockville, Maryland

Happy New Year!

Field recording from today's Flag Raising Ceremony on 1/1/23. （sorry about the wind)

(3:15) Taiwan R.O.C. Anthem 唱國歌  

(6:25) Remarks by 華府台灣同鄉聯誼會

(8:46) Remarks by 華府榮光聯誼會 

(12:00) Remarks by 黃埔同學會

(15:34) Remarks by Ambassador Bi-khim Hsiao 蕭 大使 美琴 （pictured）

(20:55) sing Ode to the Republic of China  唱中華名國頌（愛國歌）

(24:08) sing 唱梅花

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我每次去 Madison， WI 就會到他們開的台灣小吃餐廳吃好吃的，享受店裡的風格。真的是我其中最愛去的地方！很高興有機會跟 Seven 跟 Christine 聊。Seven 跟 Kai 在美國的威斯康星州的麥迪遜城市開的台灣小吃餐廳。Christine 在 University of Wisconsin Madison 讀中國文學的博士。

What a fun conversation (in English and Mandarin) with Seven and Christine from Taiwan Little Eats, a restaurant featuring amazing food and a cultural space for arts and conversation. I love the space and food, and make a point to stop in every time I'm in Madison. 

In this episode 這集聊的題目: 

This is the second episode in the Friendspiration Series! Pretty thrilled that the turnaround on this one a week from when we recorded.

This is the first episode in the Friendspiration Series! We recorded this almost exactly a year ago in Feb 2021, a few months after Pamoja officially launched.

Announcement: I'm running the Boston Marathon in April -- will you help me fundraise for BCNC to support new immigrants  

公告：我四月分要跑波士頓馬拉松！希望你能幫忙捐款給幫助新移民的非營利。

#49: Life After Competitive Table Tennis 當桌球選手之後的生活 Barbara Wei (魏欣芳) shares her journey on redefining herself after spending over half her life as a world table tennis champion.   Becoming a table tennis world champion as a child and teen Encountering her biggest “moment of failure” and how that actually freed her up to play better Reflecting on how table tennis shaped her and what the sport means to her now Giving back to the table tennis community What "getting on the table" looks like now Why Lightening McQueen from Pixar's Cars resonates with her so deeply  (Episode is in English)  

2021 World Table Tennis Championships: Behind the Scenes in Houston 

https://youtu.be/PaF4ImYSpLY

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#48: Casual convo on expat childhood, graduating from college, favorite comfort food w/Judy Chen

Pulled this from what I'll call the Time Capsule Series (recorded a while back, but not-yet-published interviews). This episode is from Summer 2019, after Judy graduated from Tufts University and contemplating next steps. We met up for a casual conversation at the Boston Public Library and talked about all sorts of topics:  

• Reflecting on her life as an expat child growing up in Suzhou, China and attending a Singaporean International School
• Graduating from Tufts University with an anthropology degree
• Conducting research for her undergrad thesis to address the question "What does it mean to have a life at work?" and specifically examining work culture in the SF Bay Area through interviews, participant observations, and conferences (pretty relevant question given the events of the past two years)
• Going abroad to Chile for a "double study abroad"
• What she hopes to do if granted her OPT (one-year work visa in the US)
• What kind of food she seeks out when she gets homesick

(Episode is mostly in English, with some Chinese tossed in. 大部分用英文聊！)

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#47: Disability Pedagogy and Accessibility Advocacy (殘疾教育和無障礙宣傳)

Janelle Chu Capwell (朱自立) joins us for a conversation on:

- Growing up in the San Gabriel Valley (the SGV)

- Being a PhD candidate at the University of Arizona in English Composition and Rhetoric

- Her research interests: disability pedagogy and hiring student workers with disabilities    

#46: 追美國夢：台灣律師到美國讀法律 LLM

(episode is in Chinese / 國語)

Priscilla grew up in Taiwan having a fascination with foreign culture. After graduating with law school with a specialty in IP law in Taiwan, she enrolled at UPenn's LLM program. She'll share about how she landed a job at a US law firm, and how her first boss taught her so much more than being a lawyer. 

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#45: 回想十年前在美國當高中大學的留學生

(episode is primarily in Chinese / 這集大部分是用國語聊）

Mark shares his experience as an international student from Taiwan attending high school and college in the US: dorm life vs homestay with an American family; learning English and practicing speaking through ESL, sports, writing love letters to his high school girlfriend, and journaling; facing challenges with optimism; advice to students (and parents) about sending their kids to study abroad. 

回想十年前在美國當高中大學的留學生。 住在宿舍和寄宿家庭的差別。 學英文的方法（上 ESL 課，交女朋友，打球，寫日記）。 用樂觀的態度面對挑戰。 給想出國留學的學生和父母的建議。

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#44: Making it Count: Taiwanese American Identity on Pew Research Report

w/ Christina Hu 胡若涵 (Director, Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign | Director of Civic Engagement, Taiwanese American Citizens League)

Christina shares her journey this past summer working with the Pew Research Center on having the report corrected to reflect Taiwanese-Americans as it's own category. 

Links

#43: Conversation w/organizers of Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign on Taiwanese Identity (台灣自我認同）, US Census Data (人口普查), and Pew Research Center's Report on Asian Americans (亞裔的文章）

"This is who we are. Keep making it count. 自己的認同繼續報"

• Christina Hu: Director, Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign | Director of Civic Engagement, Taiwanese American Citizens League
• Leona Chen: Creative Director, Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign | Editor-in-Chief, TaiwaneseAmerican.org
• Chieh-Ting Yeh: Media Director, Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign | Editor-in-Chief, Ketagalan Media

Languages spoken: English, Mandarin 國語, Taiwanese Hokkien 台語 taigi

Links

Psyched to share this snippet of convo with Ling -- recorded last fall in Sept 2020. We went to the same college at the same time, but somehow our paths didn't cross until an alumni event a few years ago. 

[Nomadic Taiwanese (Nomadic 台灣廊) Series]

Part 1 of 2 (中文). 

Blake Cheng 鄭瑋津 knew from a young age she wanted to leave Taiwan. 她從小就知道她想離開台灣到美國讀書。In elementary school, she went to Toronto, Canada on a school trip, an experience she recalls on with mixed feelings. She ended up doing her Master's degree in Chicago, Illinois, USA in arts management 藝術管理, which she cites as when she became an adult and developed a close community with her classmates. After working in Shanghai, China for a few years, she realized the environment and lifestyle wasn't meshing with her values, so she returned to Taiwan (another culture shock). 以為在上海住的生活跟人與人的交流不習慣，所以就搬回台灣。 In late 2019, she and her partner started their travels in Southeast Asia. However, at the time we conducted our interview, she was back in Taiwan because of COVID-19. 

pictured: Blake in Chicago.

More episodes to come with Blake: today's interview in English (voiceover by Cynthia), Part 2 featuring Blake's journey to entrepreneurship. 

Hear from Francesca Chang 張思佳 about her journey turning the universe's curveballs into awesome opportunities: leaving a law practice shortly after passing the Bar, taking a tangentially-related-to-law tech job in the Bay Area, then life happened and she moved to Taiwan. She is now a travel blogger and vlogger promoting slow travel in Taiwan through partnerships with Taiwan's Tourism Bureau and other agencies, as well as a Life Coach helping people leave the law and other situations that are no longer serving them. Advice to aspiring entrepreneurs: "Be a C Student!" 

Incredibly inspiring conversation with Michelle Wu 吳弭, City Councilor 市議員 and Candidate for Mayor of Boston 市長候選. 

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！

(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."

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(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. 

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Say hi! 來打招呼！

(episode in English / 英文)

(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 teaching. 

- (29:47) Immigration waves and policies (Chinese Exclusion Act). What happened to Chinatown Detroit? 

- (35:00) Teaching in Detroit where 95% of student population was low-socioeconomic status.

- (42:20) Three identity-related questions people commonly ask themselves.

- (44:22) George Orwell's 1984. David's mission to hold space and provide vocabulary to help students vocalize identity topics. 

- (46:16) Why leave the US to teach internationally? 

- (50:10) Being a third-culture kid is a double edged sword. Fourth question that third-culture kids wrestle with. 

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Say hi! 來打招呼！

(bilingual episode in Mandarin Chinese and English / 中英)

(bilingual episode in Mandarin Chinese and English / 中英)

(bilingual episode)

US 2020 Elections are around the corner. Are you ready to vote? 

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(Episode is in Mandarin Chinese and English; 這集是用國語跟英文)