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Hi! My name is Jim Chiang, and I've always been a fan of fashion. But among all its different categories, vintage stands out, because each piece carries a history that can't be replicated, a story that belongs to a specific moment in time. That's what makes it fascinating, and that's what keeps pulling me deeper into it.

But as the second-hand market grows, so does the pressure on the stores that built it. Online platforms like Sho...

Charis Hayward interviews Dr. Frank Yu-feng Hsu (Professor, Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University) on his lifetime spent researching butterflies and moths. He tells stories about discovering new species and his conservation efforts. After the interview, Hayward visits and describes the "Wings over the island" butterfly and moth exhibit currently on display at the National Taiwan Museum. 

Chari...

In Taiwan, the traditional script for finding “home” has always been anchored to your family of origin: stay close to your parents, get a stable local job, buy an apartment, marry, and settle down. But for a new generation raised to be “global citizens” and encouraged to cross borders, that's starting to feel like a suit that no longer fits. When you are educated to be worldly and independent, what happens t...

Michael Doan sits down with Chelsea who worked in compliance - a job that stresses background checks and fraud prevention. Despite this, Chelsea fell victim to a sophisticated phone scam that cost her $10,000 USD and her most sensitive personal data when she was living in the U.S. 

Michael Doan is a graduate student at the International Master's Program in International Communication Studies (IMICS) at National Chengchi Univer...

In this episode, I take you with me to Taipei Fashion Week to answer one simple question: how does fashion make people feel?

By mixing real sounds from the event with my own thoughts in the studio, I explore the connection between what we wear and who we are. Through my conversations with people there, I found out that clothes can give us confidence and help show our personality. But I also learned about the stressful side of fashi...

“I think in Taiwan you either love dogs or you do not care for them,” Mary Choi says. Choi is the founder of Mary’s Doggies, a dog rescue nonprofit in Taiwan that works to find stray dogs loving families – often in countries like the U.S.

Taiwan is home to thousands of stray dogs, known as “tugous” (土狗). Often they are Formosan Mountain Dog, a breed native to Taiwan. In this episode, Al...