Hear in Taiwan

Dec 08 2024 620 ep. 781

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We know it's impossible for you to come join us at the metaphorical office water cooler to hear what we talk about in the newsroom. That's why we created the program: Hear in Taiwan. Tune in every weekday for a panel discussion with the news team to learn about the stories that caught our attention but did not quite make their way into the nightly newscast.

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Traveling, police busts, and Merry Christmas Taiwan!

Michelle Chiang and Amanda Stephens sit down for another talk about four headlines that seemingly... have little to do with each other? First up is the Taiwanese travel business KKday's upcoming Asia expansion, followed by one of Taiwan Police's largest drug bust yet. Then Amanda brings up Taipei's growing holiday celebrations, and ranking in the hearts of global citize

The Rti team's travel tales

Amanda, Joey, and Fil all sit in to talk about their (mostly) recent trips around the world. Joey shares an idyllic moment from his children's firs international trip, Fil waxes about the comfort of old friends, and Amanda shares about her driving terrors.

Marijuana, Taiwan's lottery, turtles and women harassing police?

It's a full house today! Mary Anne is in the studio with Fil, Amber, and Joey to chat about marijuana, Taiwan's lottery, snapping turtles, and women harassing police? Find out more in this episode's Hear in Taiwan!

Four storm systems, a lost raccoon and public restroom awards

Mary Anne Sioco is in the studio with Fil Leskovsky to talk about Taiwan's public restroom awards, a lost raccoon and the four storm systems around the nation (noooo....)! Tune in to the episode to find out more!

Typhoons, a Tiktok star, and smuggling

Michelle is in the studio with Olek and Tristan to chat at length about the recent effects of Typhoon Kong-rey and the upcoming storm, as well as who's visiting Taiwan and who tried to bring illegal items through customs!

Free money and train comparisons

All four Friday Rti members are back to discuss Taiwan's reinstatement of an incentive lottery for return travelers. Then, Joey invites us to compare Taiwan's MRT to those in Japan, following a Youtuber's comments on the same thing.

Welcoming Joey with weird Oreos

We brought all our Friday news crew (Amanda, Tristan, and Michelle), to welcome the newest member of our team: Joey Chou! While some of you may know him from his disk jockey days on other stations, he introduces himself here and tells us some of what he's learned since being at Rti. Then everyone tries a bold new flavor combo: Coca Cola flavored Oreos... and Oreo flavored Cola!

Delicious Mexican food and reunited parrots

In this week's episode of Hear in Taiwan, Fil and Hanna discuss a Michelin awarded Mexican food in Taipei and a happy ending of a parrot love story.

Human-monkey conflicts and Bruno Mars

In this week's episode of Hear in Taiwan, the dynamic duo Amber and Fil are back on the mics with some monkey business. They discuss the rising human-monkey conflicts in some of Taiwan's national parks and the human-human conflicts that occurred at the recent Bruno Mars concert in Kaohsiung.

Animal performances and poker rings

Join Michelle and Amanda in the studio to chat about the Taiwan government's new regulations regarding non-domesticated animal performances and what claw machines have to do with an illegal poker gambling ring!