Radio New Bloom is a podcast covering topical events and interviewing Taiwanese social activists, artists, public intellectuals, and others in order to make Taiwanese voices better known in the international world. Radio New Bloom is a project of New Bloom Magazine, an online magazine covering activism and youth politics in Taiwan and the Asia Pacific, founded in Taiwan in 2014 in wake of the Sunflower Movement. We seek to put local voices in touch with international discourse, beginning with Taiwan.
Radio New Bloom #22 x NATSA Podcast S2 ep.3: Wen Liu and Wendy Cheng on Taiwan and the (New) Cold War
FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND episode of Radio New Bloom, we are proud to partner with the North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) to co-release an episode featuring a moderated conversation between Professors Wen Liu and Wendy Cheng on “Taiwan and the (New) Cold War.”
This episode is a recording of the first event of NATSA’s 2022 Online Festival, which New Bloom collaborated on and which took place on the evening of July 22, 2022 US time. The event, moderated by Daniel Yo-Ling, explored how we can critically engage with the recent propagation of New Cold War discourses while at the same time bearing in mind the lasting legacy of the Cold War on Taiwan’s history and present. Both of our invited speakers approached this topic by sharing about their current research and book manuscripts. Professor Cheng shared about the lives and radical politics of Taiwanese migrants to the United States from the 1960s to 1980s, such as Lin Shiaw-shin (林孝信), Kao Cheng-yan (高成炎), and Chen Wen-Chen (陳文成); while Professor Liu shared about tankism and Asian American political formation, civil defense training in Taiwan in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the reductionism of Cold war binarism.
Radio New Bloom is a podcast covering topical events and interviewing activists, artists, public intellectuals, and others, in order to connect Taiwan and the international world. As always, we’d like to thank LTK Commune for allowing us to use their song “Good Night, Taiwan” as part of the podcast!
10 May 2022
Radio New Bloom #21: Ethical Supply Chains and Labor Practices with Dr. Bonny Ling
FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST episode of Radio New Bloom, we present a recording of our event from last year on December 15, 2021 with Dr. Bonny Ling.
The event discussed the crucial place that Taiwan plays in global supply chains, whether in terms of semiconductors—of which Taiwan produces over half the global supply—or its fishing fleet—with Taiwan’s distant water fishing fleet ranked as the second-largest in the world. Yet Taiwan’s supply chains are highly dependent on migrant labor, as in the use of migrant fishermen on Taiwan’s near and distant waters fishing fleet, as well as migrant workers in factories for semiconductor manufacturing lines. The talk, then, sought to discuss the various levers possible to push for reform regarding this very pressing issue.
Radio New Bloom is a podcast covering topical events and interviewing activists, artists, public intellectuals, and others, in order to connect Taiwan and the international world. As always, we’d like to thank LTK Commune for allowing us to use their song “Good Night, Taiwan” as part of the podcast!
1 Apr 2022
Radio New Bloom #20: Taiwan’s Localized Lesbian History
FOR THE TWENTIETH episode of Radio New Bloom, we feature an interview with musicologist Heidi Dai by New Bloom member SueAnn Shiah on her research into queer musicology and the history of the lesbian community in Taiwan.
Radio New Bloom is a podcast covering topical events and interviewing activists, artists, public intellectuals, and others, in order to connect Taiwan and the international world. As always, we’d like to thank LTK Commune for allowing us to use their song “Good Night, Taiwan” as part of the podcast!
2 Mar 2022
New Bloom Happy Hour #2: Award-Winning Millennial Nostalgia
FOR THE FIRST episode of our new podcast season, join New Bloom members SueAnn Shiah, Wen Liu, and Brian Hioe to discuss award-winning film American Girl (美國女孩), as part of our New Bloom Happy Hour series.
American Girl won Audience Choice Award, Best New Director, and Best Cinematography at the 2021 Golden Horse Awards. American Girl is available to watch on Netflix globally on March 2nd. (https://www.netflix.com/mh/title/81571690)
More editions of New Bloom Happy Hour will be coming up in the future, so keep an eye out! As always, we’d like to thank LTK Commune for allowing us to use their song “Good Night, Taiwan” as part of the podcast! Banner design is by Peter Freestone.
11 Jan 2022
Radio New Bloom: Next Season after the Lunar New Year!
新年平安 AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS from New Bloom! We wanted to let you know that Radio New Bloom is going to take a little break for Lunar New Year.
We hope that you’ve enjoyed this last season of our podcast and we’re looking forward to share more content, conversations, and recordings that we’ve been working on with you in this next upcoming season.
We hope that wherever in the world you are listening that you’re staying healthy and we wish you a happy new year, and we’ll catch you all in the Year of the Tiger.
13 Dec 2021
Radio New Bloom #19: Coen Blaauw on Thirty Years of Pro-Taiwan Advocacy in Washington
FOR THE NINETEENTH episode of Radio New Bloom, we feature an interview with Coen Blaauw, a Dutch lawyer and Senior Policy Advisor to the Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA), a US non-profit promoting Taiwan’s right to self-determination. He joined FAPA in 1989 and has since become a central figure in the Taiwan independence movement in the United States. He specializes in connecting with members of the US Congress, drafting Taiwan-related legislation, and recruiting support for these legislations.
Having worked with leading figures of the Taiwan democracy and independence movements and once blacklisted by the KMT, Coen has witnessed both Taiwan’s democratization and the development of its independence movement. He is married to Iris Yenching Ho, a Taiwanese native, and is thus a proud “Tâi-uân kiánn-sài (Taiwan son-in-law),” a nickname given to him by fellow independence activists.
Radio New Bloom is a podcast covering topical events and interviewing activists, artists, public intellectuals, and others, in order to connect Taiwan and the international world. As always, we’d like to thank LTK Commune for allowing us to use their song “Good Night, Taiwan” as part of the podcast!
8 Nov 2021
New Bloom Happy Hour #1: The Loneliest Number
WELCOME TO another episode of Radio New Bloom! Today we’re excited to debut a new program that we’re calling New Bloom Happy Hour, where New Bloom members get together to discuss a topic.
Today we’ll be discussing Jay Caspian Kang’s new book, The Loneliest Americans, with a focus on the New York Times’ excerpt of the book and the first chapter of the book. Participants in the discussion are SueAnn Shiah, Daniel Yo-Ling, Wen Liu, and Eathan Lai.
More editions of New Bloom Happy Hour will be coming up in the future, so keep an eye out! As always, we’d like to thank LTK Commune for allowing us to use their song “Good Night, Taiwan” as part of the podcast! Banner design is by Peter Freestone.
21 Oct 2021
Radio New Bloom #18: SueAnn Shiah on HuanDao
FOR THE EIGHTEENTH episode of Radio New Bloom, we present the recording from the discussion and Q-and-A that followed our event last month (https://www.facebook.com/events/543639460183796/) screening New Bloom member SueAnn Shiah’s documentary HuanDao at our space in Wanhua, Taipei, and was conducted in both English and Mandarin.
The film follows the story of two young women embarking on a two-week bicycle trip (known as huandao) through the country of Taiwan. One is Taiwanese American, and her return to the island explores her relationship with her family, her bicultural identity, and her greater understanding of self, home, and belonging.
Radio New Bloom is a podcast covering topical events and interviewing activists, artists, public intellectuals, and others, in order to connect Taiwan and the international world. As always, we’d like to thank LTK Commune for allowing us to use their song “Good Night, Taiwan” as part of the podcast!
2 Sept 2021
Radio New Bloom #17: Savungaz Valincinan on the Five Year Anniversary of Tsai’s Apology
FOR THE SEVENTEENTH episode of Radio New Bloom, which is primarily in Mandarin, we present the live recording for our event last month (https://www.facebook.com/events/521044932446477/) on the five year anniversary of Tsai Ing-wen’s apology to Taiwanese Indigenous. The event asked the question: Five years later, have conditions improved for Indigenous in Taiwan? Has Taiwan become a more pluralistic and inclusive country five years after Tsai’s apology?
Our featured speaker is Savungaz Valincinan, a member of the Indigenous Youth Front who is currently a graduate student in law.
Radio New Bloom is a podcast covering topical events and interviewing activists, artists, public intellectuals, and others, in order to connect Taiwan and the international world. As always, we’d like to thank LTK Commune for allowing us to use their song “Good Night, Taiwan” as part of the podcast!
2 Aug 2021
Radio New Bloom #16: Namoh Nofu Pacidal on Pangcah Feminisms
FOR THIS INSTALLMENT of Radio New Bloom, we present a live recording from our talk with Namoh Nofu Pacidal on April 16, 2021, “On Pangcah Feminisms.” (https://www.facebook.com/events/913772146055988/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22page_admin_bar%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22page_id%5C%22%3A523145257812546%7D%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22events_admin_tool%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22recommended_actions%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D) This episode is primarily in Mandarin and is the fourth episode of our current season, coming one day after Indigenous Peoples Day in Taiwan and before our talk on Sunday (https://www.facebook.com/events/521044932446477/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22page_admin_bar%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22page_id%5C%22%3A523145257812546%7D%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22events_admin_tool%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22recommended_actions%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D) about the five year anniversary of Tsai Ing-wen’s apology to Indigenous on behalf of the ROC state.
Radio New Bloom is a podcast covering topical events and interviewing activists, artists, public intellectuals, and others, in order to connect Taiwan and the international world. As always, we’d like to thank LTK Commune for allowing us to use their song “Good Night, Taiwan” as part of the podcast!
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