Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) 06.23.2019 Pilot 05

For the first four fuzzy minutes Michael Turton (麥哲恩) and Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) discuss Han’s troubles in Kaohsiung, then the video gets clearer. A poll shows that if the 2018 9-in-1 elections were reheld today, the DPP would win in Kaohsiung and Taichung–but the other results would remain the same. Han’s big rally in […]

Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) 06.16.2019 Pilot 04

Hosts Michael Turton (麥哲恩) and Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) this week discuss the HK rallies, the DPP Primary and conspiracy theories involving President Tsai’s missing thesis, The KMT primary…the KMT primary…the KMT primary…because wow is it exciting this time around! Han Kuo-yu says “over my dead body” to “one country, two system”, Terry Gou complains […]

Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) 6.09.2019 Pilot 03 w/Guest Tanner Greer (葛天樂)

This week on CAT we are very excited to have as guest the scholar and author Tanner Greer (葛天樂), the man behind The Scholar’s Stage (see link in comments). He appears off-camera as a disembodied voice because of a blood pledge made with his fellow frogmen on a mission in Afghanistan. This week hosts Courtney […]

Current Affairs Taiwan 6.02.2019 Pilot 02

The second pilot. The first pilot was recorded a week earlier, but computer issues delayed the release. This second pilot was recorded last night (June 2), one week after the first, and again hosted by Michael Turton (麥哲恩) and Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文). Topics include: 1. Daniel Han Kuo-yu’s rally. Discussion includes crowd size estimates, […]