A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

In this episode of Talking Taiwan, I'm speaking with Brian Foden. We're welcoming Brian back on as a guest after discovering his lost episode that was recorded 10 years ago. Originally from Canada, he's been living in Taiwan for over 20 years now. We spoke about what Taiwan was like when he first arrived, how it's changed and what life is like for him these days. Brian is a writer/editor and part-time newscaster at ICRT.

Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

When Brian arrived in Taiwan
How life is like in Taiwan now that the government has switched away from a zero-COVID strategy
What life was like in the early period of the pandemic when Taiwan had no local COVID cases
How Brian manages working remotely and in-person at the office
Brian started working at ICRT in May of 2000 and worked there full-time until 2004
Brian's position as morning show news producer at ICRT
How Brian left ICRT in 2004 and returned in 2012
Brian's work as a news reader at ICRT
Brian's background in journalism
Comparing winters in Regina, Saskatchewan and in Ottawa, Ontario
How Brian ended up in Taiwan
How Taiwan has changed in the time that Brian has lived there
Chen Shui-bian was elected President around the time that Brian moved to Taiwan; it was the first time that a Democratic Progressive Party candidate had been elected President in Taiwan
The development of Taiwan's MRT system
The popularity of English learning magazines in Taiwan
How ICRT has changed over the years
The podcast series Rick Monday made about ICRT (Radioactive Taiwan)
The glory days of ICRT and the impact it made on Taiwan's culture and society in the 1980s
How Brian first got his job at ICRT in 2000
Brian's advice for anyone considering living and working in Taiwan
The type of writing Brian does for work
What Brian found difficult about journalism

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Ep 185 | Brian Foden Newscaster for ICRT Talks About How Life has Changed in Taiwan

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Ep 185 | Brian Foden Newscaster for ICRT Talks About How Life has Changed in Taiwan