Hearts in Taiwan
As kids of immigrants from Taiwan, our Asian identity started with beef noodle soup and ended with Chinese school. Now that we’re adults, we’ve found that we still have a lot to learn about Taiwan’s history and its unique culture. Cousins Annie Wang and Angela Yu share their journey as they discover their family’s heritage and celebrate Taiwanese culture in the context of the Asian American experience.
Podcasting since 2021 • 33 episodes
Hearts in Taiwan
Latest Episodes
Dumplings for everyone
In our Season 2 finale, Angela and Annie relive the best Taiwanese meal they ate this year, and discuss books that connect us with different parts of our Taiwanese, Chinese, and American heritage. We share our Spotify Wrapped and play a listene...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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32:56
Taiwanese Home Cooking with Joy Huang
In this episode, we get to know Joy Huang, one of the founders and moderators for the Taiwanese Home Cooking Facebook group. She started her food blog, The Cooking of Joy, because she was inspired to document her mom's Taiwanese dishes. This ho...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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33:47
Learning our parents’ love languages through their stories
Angela’s mom shares a memory from her college days and Angela learns more about her mom as a person through this story. Let us know if you do a similar exercise recording the stories your parents tell you behind their old photos!Resou...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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13:10
Taking back the narrative about Asian Americans (feat. Joanna Ho)
In this episode, we examine the dark side of the model minority myth and the “tiger mom” stereotype. Joanna Ho’s first young adult novel, The Silence that Binds Us, is inspired by a real community’s anti-Asian reaction to teen suicides...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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41:23
Can you be Chinese and Taiwanese at the same time?
About 32% of people in Taiwan identify as both Taiwanese and Chinese, while diaspora from Taiwan in America tend to identify as solely one or the other. We talk about blending Chinese, Taiwanese, and American identity with Michelle Kuo and Albe...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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51:45