曉聲說 In the Spotlight

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曉聲說 In the Spotlight

With In the Spotlight, you get to meet people from all walks of life, whether Taiwanese or foreigners who are living in Taiwan. Every week, they will each begin by telling a story that has impacted their lives. See how Shirley Lin guides them in casual interviews as they talk about Taiwan through their perspectives. You'll also learn about their "firsts" and "favorites" on the island. Enjoy getting to know Taiwan's greatest assets - its people!--Hosting provided by SoundOn

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    Loves challenges

    Stephany Yang is a news anchor in the English department for FTV. Hear her story how she loves challenges and looks forward to new endeavors in her life, on In the Spotlight.

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    TV reporter and anchor

    Stephany Yang is a reporter and news anchor at FTV or Formosa Television. Steph tells her story of how she went from being an urban studies major to finding interest in news reporting and TV, on In the Spotlight.

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    Decentralized education platform

    Chris Chau, founder of Colearna, talks more about the decentralized education platform that's designed for connecting Taiwanese kids to the world, on In the Spotlight.

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    Co-learning platform

    Chris Chau is from Hong Kong and he's the founder of Colearna, a decentralized education platform designed for connecting Taiwanese kids to the world. Hear how Colearna came about, on In the Spotlight.

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    What's ESG?

    Harry Kuo is the Business Development Manager at the Ideal Venture Studio, which works closely with startup founders. Harry explains ESG using examples from his clients and talks about the direction that Ideal is going, on In the Spotlight.

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    Ideal Venture Studio

    Harry Kuo is the Business Development Manager at the Ideal Venture Studio, which works closely with startup founders. Harry explains ESG using examples from his clients and talks about the direction that Ideal is going, on In the Spotlight.

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    Get even more creative!

    Angela Feng is the co-founder of ness Wellness, a wellness platform in Asia that focuses on eight disciplines. Angela talks about what Taiwan needs to do to globalize itself, on In the Spotlight.

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    On wellness

    Angela Feng is co-founder of ness Wellness. She talks about the many hats that she wears before dwelling into wellness, on In the Spotlight.

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    A ring by Elias Neuspiel

    Elias Neuspiel of Austria and Pei Wu of Taiwan are both stone jewelry makers. Hear their story about the art of stone carving and their dream moving forward, on In the Spotlight.

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    Jewelry makers of stones

    On In the Spotlight this week, Shirley Lin talks with Pei Wu of Taiwan and Elias Neuspiel of Austria, who are both contemporary jewelry designers and makers using stones.

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    Can Taiwan succeed?

    Tony Rinaudo, an agronomist from Australia, is the Principal Advisor for Natural Resources, Food Security, and Climate Change at World Vision. On this episode's In the Spotlight, Tony talks about what Taiwan can do to revive its trees.

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    "Forest maker"

    Tony Rinaudo is an agronomist from Australia. He is traveling the world to revive as many trees as possible by teaching his farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) tehnique. Tony tells his story of how it all started on In the Spotlight.

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    A community center for all

    On this episode's In the Spotlight, Chiu Chen-yu, the Architect in Principal and the Director of the Taiwan Reyhanli Center for World Citizens, talks about what people do at the community center.

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    Helping Syrian refugees

    Chiu Chen-yu is the architect in principal and director of the Taiwan Reyhanli Center for World Citizens. In this episode's In the Spotlight, Chiu talks about how he got involved in the humanitarian project.

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    Water ionizer

    Daniel Hill is CEO and Co-founder of Aquivio, a company that specializes in high end water treatment devices. On In the Spotlight, you get to learn how to have personalized beverages that get you the quality water your body needs.

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    Got into bodybuilding

    Daniel Hill is the CEO and Co-founder of Aquivio, a service offering healthier and personalized hydration using IOT smart beverage equipment. But before he started his water business, he was a bodybuilding world champion. Hear his story on In the Spotlight.

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    Help make Taiwan better

    Liu Jiayu is the general manager of Crust Taiwan, a subsidiary of the Singaporean enterprise, Crust Group, which upcycles food waste into beverages like beer. Besides talking about her business, Jiayu talks about why she's always wanted to live in Taiwan and make it her second home, on In the Spotlight.

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    Bread crust into beer

    Liu Jiayu is the general manager of Crust Taiwan. Hear her story on In the Spotlight about the food tech company that up-cycles food waste and loss into unique beverages.

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    Now hiring

    Jack Wu is the founder of Worca, a one-stop global HR platform, for recruiting engineers and other specific talents in other fields, on In the Spotlight.

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    Work and orca

    Hear Jack Wu talk about Worca, a one stop global human resources platform, on In the Spotlight.

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    Environment, Social and Governance

    Jonathan Ha is the CEO of Seneca ESG. On In the Spotlight, Jon talks about writing software for companies so that they can rate themselves on how well they're doing in sustainability.

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    What is ESG

    Meet Jonathan Ha, the CEO of Seneca ESG, as he explains in detail what is ESG, which stands for Environment, Social and Governance, on In the Spotlight.

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    A brand introducing Taiwan to the world

    Listen to the story of Empress Hot Sauce from Jane Chen, who co-founded the brand with her husband, on In the Spotlight.

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    Empress Hot Sauce

    Meet Jane Chen, the co-founder of Empress Hot Sauce, a fermented hot sauce brand based in Taiwan, on In the Spotlight.

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    Save energy

    Learn from Anita Liu, founder of Seed Energy, about ways you can save on energy like purchasing renewable energy instead, and whether beach cleaning is all that effective, on In the Spotlight.

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    On sustainable lifestyle

    Learn from Anita Liu of Seed Energy how you can pursue a sustainable lifestyle without sacrificing too much, on In the Spotlight.

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    More cat books along the way

    Jill Su is a cat behavior consultant who recently published a book on how to raise your cat stress-free. On In the Spotlight, Jill talks about the most important thing to know when having a cat and ideas for her future books.

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    On cat behavior

    Jill Su is a certified cat behavior consultant. On In the Spotlight, Jill talks about how her curiosity in cat behaviors came about and a book she recently published on how to de-stress your cat.

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    Migrante

    Joe Henley has been first a musician and then a freelance writer in the 17 years that he's spent in Taiwan. On this episode's In the Spotlight, Joe talks more about his recent book Migrante and the plight of migrant workers in Taiwan.

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    Concerned about migrant workers

    On In the Spotlight, Joe Henley, a freelance writer and musician in Taiwan, talks about the ongoing problems migrant workers in Taiwan are facing in his new book, Migrante .

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    Lovin' Taiwan's soft culture

    Craig Scott is from Melbourne, Australia and has been in Taiwan for 17 years. He is the CEO of Assaya, which is a company that produces machines to detect infectious diseases at scale. On this episode's In the Spotlight, Craig talks about his prediction for yet another wave of the COVID pandemic caused by the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5, and the things he loves about Taiwan.

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    Detect COVID at scale

    Craig Scott is the CEO of Assaya, a producer of machines that detect infectious diseases at scale. On this episode's In the Spotlight, Craig talks about the effectiveness of the machine in detecting COVID-19.

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    Chenny Lin of Liteon 2.

    Chenny Lin went to the International School of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo and Wellesley College in Boston, both of which were Shirley Lin's alma mater! Chenny Lin talks about how life is an adventure for her and about her current position at Liteon Technology, on In the Spotlight.

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    Chenny Lin of Liteon

    Join Shirley Lin on In the Spotlight, as she introduces a schoolmate her junior from the same high school in Tokyo and same college in Boston as her! Meet Chenny Lin, Associate Vice President of Strategy and Investment at Liteon, the first listed electronics company in Taiwan.

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    Ruby Chen talking about CNEX

    Ruby Chen talks about what CNEX is all about, which is short for Chinese Next and See Next, on In the Spotlight. Ruby is CEO and Co-Founder of CNEX Foundation and Studio Corporation.

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    Ruby Chen of CNEX

    Ruby Chen is co-founder/CEO of CNEX that specializes in documentaries on China. Ruby talks about her life in simultaneous interpretation and at one of the biggest management consulting firms in the US, in the first half of her interview on In the Spotlight.

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    Lin Cheung, 2016 Tang Prize Diploma designer

    Lin Cheung was invited to design the Tang Prize Diplomas for 2016. Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear how she came up with the ideas for the last two categories of the diplomas. The winners of the four awards namely Sustainable Development, Bio pharmaceutical Science, Sinology and Rule of Law, will be announced this month in June and the award ceremony will be held in September.

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    Lin Cheung, Tang Prize Diploma designer

    Lin Cheung was invited to design for the 2016 Tang Prize Diplomas. The Tang Prize is the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize, founded by Taiwanese entrepreneur Dr. Samuel Yin. The unveiling of the diplomas was held on May 24. I had the honor of interviewing Lin Cheung that morning. Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear the fascinating ways that Lin Cheung came up with ideas for the designs.

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    Priya, only simultaneous interpreter from India

    Priya is from India and has been living in Taiwan since 1987. On this episode's In the Spotlight, she talks about her enjoyment in doing simultaneous interpretation for focus groups.

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    Priya, only interpreter from India

    Priya is the only Indian simultaneous interpreter in Taiwan. She has been in Taiwan since 1987. Find out on In the Spotlight how Priya made Taiwan her home, for now.

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    Moose Light Kingdom

    Tune in to In the Spotlight and meet Taiwanese American David Lin and his keyboardist Shawn Schlogel to hear why the band name Moose Light Kingdom and album name "healthy supply of poison".

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    Lin Shih Pao 林世寶

    Lin Shih Pao, a Taiwanese artist based in New York, is probably best known for his "F1 car" made up of 24,000 recycled mobile phones. Hear his story on In the Spotlight.

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    Kelly Hsieh as crossfit athlete too

    Kelly Hsieh calls herself a private stylist, but she's also a chef, a bartender and a crossfit athlete. Hear her story on In the Spotlight.

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    Kelly Hsieh, private stylist

    Join Shirley Lin on In the Spotlight to hear about the many hats that Kelly Hsieh wears and her many interests.

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    Antonella Gismundi 2.

    Antonella works for an Italian travel agency in Taipei. On In the Spotlight, she shares more anecdotes connected to her condition: face blindness.

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    Antonella Gismundi 1.

    Antonella works for an Italian travel agency in Taipei. She speaks of her special condition called face blindness.

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    YouTuber Meg Lu

    Meg Lu is a senior studying television at Shih Hsin University, but her passion is making YouTube videos. Follow her story on In the Spotlight.

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    Meg Lu the YouTuber

    Meg Lu is a senior at Shih Hsin University studying television but her love is being a YouTuber. Find out her story on In the Spotlight.

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    Esther and Lara at their best

    Esther and Lara are sisters and together they created Meimeiwawa Multimedia, a music and video production company. Find out the array of exciting things they offer on their platform, on In the Spotlight.

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    Esther and Lara

    Esther and Lara are sisters and together they keep their Meimeiwawa Multimedia platform live and bubbly. Join them on In the Spotlight to hear their Taiwan story.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

With In the Spotlight, you get to meet people from all walks of life, whether Taiwanese or foreigners who are living in Taiwan. Every week, they will each begin by telling a story that has impacted their lives. See how Shirley Lin guides them in casual interviews as they talk about Taiwan through their perspectives. You'll also learn about their "firsts" and "favorites" on the island. Enjoy getting to know Taiwan's greatest assets - its people!--Hosting provided by SoundOn

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