Taiwan Studies

Taiwan Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Taiwan about their new books.

Terao Tetsuya and translated by Kevin Wang, "Spent Bullets" (HarperVia, 2025)

June 3, 2026

Spent Bullets

Terao Tetsuya and translated by Kevin Wang
Hosted by Anthony Kao

With Taiwan Travelogue winning the 2026 International Booker Prize, Taiwanese literature in translation has achieved new heights of visibility in the …

Rahul Mukherjee, "Unlimited: Aspirational Politics and Mobile Media Distribution" (MIT Press, 2026)

June 2, 2026

Unlimited

Rahul Mukherjee
Hosted by Priyam Sinha

Around 2016, buoyed by so-called data kranti ("data revolution"), an aspirational neo-middle class of users in India accessed internet for the fir…

Pedro Domingos, "The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World" (Basic Books, 2018)

May 30, 2026

The Master Algorithm

Pedro Domingos
Hosted by Gregory McNiff

In the world's top research labs and universities, the race is on to invent the ultimate learning algorithm: one capable of discovering any knowledge …

Learning Languages on Social Media

May 26, 2026

Learning Languages on Social Media

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Yeong Ju Lee about her new book Social Media and Language Learning: …

Evan N. Dawley, "Taiwan: A People′s History" (Reaktion Books, 2026)

May 18, 2026

Taiwan

Evan N. Dawley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

While most English-language histories of Taiwan focus on its geopolitical role, Taiwan: A People’s History (Reaktion, 2026) by Dr. Evan N. Dawley cent…

Gerald F. Davis, "Taming Corporate Power in the 21st Century" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

May 16, 2026

Taming Corporate Power in the 21st Century

Gerald F. Davis
Hosted by Alfred Marcus

Information and communication technologies have fundamentally altered the markets for capital, labor, supplies, and distribution in ways that underm…

Aymar Jèan Escoffery, "Reparative Media: Cultivating Stories and Platforms to Heal Our Culture" (MIT Press, 2025)

May 15, 2026

Reparative Media

Aymar Jean Escoffery
Hosted by Pete Kunze

Can producing stories and developing platforms to support people who have been harmed by multiple, intersecting systems heal those systems? In Reparat…

Angela I. Fritz, "AI and Digital Leadership: Transforming Libraries, Archives, and Museums for the Future" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

May 15, 2026

AI and Digital Leadership

Angela I. Fritz
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

AI and Digital Leadership: Transforming Libraries, Archives, and Museums for the Future (Bloomsbury, 2026) explores how galleries, libraries, archives…

Angus Burgin on the Rise of the Internet

May 11, 2026

The Rise of the Internet

Angus Burgin

We were joined by Angus Burgin, Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, and talked about how the arrival of the Internet remade li…

Counter-Revolutionary Puzzles with Guillermo Badia

May 11, 2026

Counter-Revolutionary Puzzles with Guillermo Badia

Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Guillermo Badia. Dr Guillermo Badia is a philosopher working in logic. His research interests are logic in compute…

Olivier Sylvain, "Recovering the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control-And How We Can Take It Back" (Columbia Global Reports, 2026)

May 9, 2026

Recovering the Internet

Olivier Sylvain
Hosted by Jake Chanenson

Recovering the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control-And How We Can Take It Back (Columbia Global Reports, 2026)is an indictment of how Big Tech cloaks …

Angela Dimitrakaki, "Feminism. Art. Capitalism" (Pluto Press, 2026)

May 6, 2026

Feminism. Art. Capitalism.

Angela Dimitrakaki
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Can art change the contemporary world? In Feminism, Art, Capitalism Angela Dimitrakaki, a Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory at the univ…

J. Michael Cole, "The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Centre of the New Cold War" (Polity, 2025)

May 6, 2026

The Taiwan Tinderbox

J. Michael Cole
Hosted by Anthony Kao

J. Michael Cole is a Taipei-based security analyst and writer who has spent over two decades documenting Taiwan’s political and security landscape. A …

Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney eds., "Media Rurality" (Duke UP, 2026)

May 3, 2026

Media Rurality

Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney
Hosted by Sadie Couture

Media Rurality (Duke UP, 2026), edited by Darin Barney and Patrick Brodie, investigates the centrality of rural places and people within the media sys…

Through the Lens of Taiwan: Film, History, and Identity

April 30, 2026

Through the Lens of Taiwan

Robert Chen

This podcast episode is hosted by Mart Tšernjuk, the Taiwan Coordinator at the University of Tartu Asia who is talking to Prof. Robert Chen, a leading…

Karen Hao, "Empire of AI: Inside the Race for Total Domination" (Allan Lane, 2025)

April 27, 2026

Empire of AI

Karen Hao
Hosted by Joe Williams

In this episode, host Joe Williams talks to tech journalist Karen Hao, whose recent book Empire of AI sheds light on the inner workings of AI giants t…

A Shakeup Is Coming for the Nation-State: A Conversation with Stephen Sims

April 27, 2026

A Shakeup Is Coming for the Nation-State

Stephen Sims
Hosted by Gregory McNiff

Stephen Sims’ New Atlantis essay examines how emerging technologies are reshaping the structure and authority of the modern nation-state. He argues th…

Roland Betancourt, "Disneyland and the Rise of Automation: How Technology Created the Happiest Place on Earth" (Princeton UP, 2026)

April 23, 2026

Disneyland and the Rise of Automation

Roland Betancourt
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

When Disneyland opened to the public in 1955, it demystified the hidden world of factory automation through its extraordinary new attractions. In Disn…

Sarah Murray, "Powered by Smart: A Prehistory of Everyday AI" (NYU Press, 2026)

April 22, 2026

Powered by Smart

Sarah Murray
Hosted by Pete Kunze

Powered by Smart traces the techno-cultural evolutions that made artificial intelligence feel more familiar than futuristic. From wearables and stream…

The Information State: How is the State Surveilling and Manipulating us These Days?

April 22, 2026

The Information State: How is the State Surveilling and Manipulating us These Days?

Jacob Siegel

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Acting Director Eli Karetny interviews Jacob Siegel, writer, Army veteran, and author of The Informatio…