The Taiwan Take Podcast
1) 57. “Zero Day Attack”: a TV show on Chinese invasion of Taiwan
We speak to Hsin-mei CHENG, producer of the 2025 television series “Zero Day Attack” (零日攻擊) - a 10-episode drama that imagines Taiwanese internal divide and cohesion after the Chinese PLA ...Show More
2) 56. The Great Recall of 2025: Nathan Batto “Frozen Garlic” (Academia Sinica)
On July 24th, a third of Taiwan will vote on recall referendums (大罷免) for 24 legislators throughout Taiwan.Our guest is Nathan F. Batto, an associate research fellow at the Institute of Political Scie...Show More
3) 55. How China's reshaping the global cybersecurity and digital norms (Article 19)
Michael Caster (Head of Global China Programme) and I-Chen Liu (Asia Programme Officer) are researchers from the international non-profit organization ARTICLE 19, whose report “Cybersecurit...Show More
4) 54. On classical music and healing: Mimi Yu (cellist, author of “The Unforgetting Body”)
Mimi Yu (尤虹文) is the author of three memoirs, including the 2019 title “The Unforgetting Body” in which she details her recovery from depression. Yu is a cellist who has worked with musici...Show More
5) 53. Who is Jimmy Lai: Mark L. Clifford (Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, CFHK)
Jimmy Lai, the 77-year-old media tycoon of British citizenship, has been detained for over five years, mostly in isolation. He is one of over 1,500 political prisoners in Hong Kong.Today's interview c...Show More
6) 52. Jessica J. Lee on plant passports and human passports ("Dispersals") (Live on April 11, 2025)
British-Canadian-Taiwanese writer Jessica J. Lee (李潔珂) is the author of three books of nature writing, Dispersals (2024), Two Trees Make a Forest (2019), and Turning (2017), the children’s ...Show More
7) 51. Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Taiwan, collective weakness, and a new world order (March 17, 2025)
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is former Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-2009) and Secretary General of NATO (2009-2014). He’s Chairman of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation.We sat down with Rasmusse...Show More
8) 50. Ukraine War, 3 years: Mariia Makarovych (Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine)
Mariia Makarovych is Head of the East Asian Office of the Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine. Today, we discuss the on-going peace negotiations, the role of civil society organizations the past thre...Show More
9) 49. “The Battle for Taiwan” by Jonas Parello-Plesner (Live on Feb 19, 2025)
Jonas Parello-Plesner is Executive Director of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation. He’s the author of the book, “The Battle for Taiwan”.“The Battle for Taiwan” (&ldqu...Show More
10) 48. Alejandro Mayoral Baños on RightsCon 2025 (Executive Director, Access Now)
Alejandro Mayoral Baños is the Executive Director of Access Now, an international NGO focusing on digital human rights. Access Now is the organizer of RightsCon - world’s largest human ri...Show More