The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
John Ross and Eryk Michael Smith
Formosa Files is the world's biggest and highest-rated Taiwan history podcast. We use an engaging storytelling format and are non-chronological, meaning every week is a new adventure - and, you can just find a topic that interests you and check out that episode...skip stuff that isn't your thing. The hosts are John Ross, an author and publisher of works on Taiwan and China, and Eryk Michael Smith, a journalist for local and global media outlets. Both Ross and Smith have lived in Taiwan for over...
Episodes (326)
Rage Against the Machine – Formosa Files VS. ChatGPT
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
The Celebrity Forensics Expert: Henry Lee – Part 2 – S6-E6
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Shoes, Graves, and Fingerprints: Henry Lee in Taiwan – Part 1 – S6-E5
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Bonus episode: Taiwan’s Sugar Railways (with Prof. Dafydd Fell) -S6
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Taiwanese Tea in America, American Spies in Formosa – S6-E4
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Wasabi – Green Fire from the Mountains – Snack 03
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
The Extraordinary Life of Huang Chin-tao (Part 2) – S6-E3
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Huang Chin-tao: a History of Taiwan Through One Man’s Life (Part 1) – S6-E2
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Chopsticks – The “Quick Little Boys” of East Asia – Snack 02
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Taiwan’s Forgotten Horse History: Cowboys, Cavalry, and the Racing Craze – S6-E1
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
The Taiwan "Tugou," or Mountain Dog – Snack 01
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Rambling Review of Season Five, and Introducing the Formosa Files "Snack"
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
George Kerr and Formosa Betrayed (with Prof. Jonathan Benda) – S5-E52
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
"China’s Backstory: The History Beijing Doesn’t Want You to Read" by Scholar and...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
New Year Special – The Taiwan Joss: The Shadow and the Pirates – S5-E50
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Wanderings Through Formosa (1898) – Part 3 – S5-E49
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Wanderings Through Formosa (1898) – Part 2 – S5-E48
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
German Wanderings Through Formosa (1898) – Part 1 – S5-E47
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Taiwan’s Motorcycle Daredevil: Lu Ch’ing-an (呂慶安) – S5-E46
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
The CIA Plan to Remove CKS (Part 2): S5-E45
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
The CIA Plan to Remove President Chiang Kai-shek (Part 1): S5-E44
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
S5 - [Remastered Encore] Ghost of Green Island: the SS President Hoover Shipwrec...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Shih Ch’ien: Taiwan’s “Father of Beggars” – S5-E43
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
War Against Wuxia: Jin Yong, Banned Books, and Taiwan’s “Rainstorm Project” – S5...
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Opium Paste and Stamped Silver: Early Japanese Rule in Taiwan – S5-E41
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
AUDIO ONLY - Taiwan’s Funeral Strippers: “Dancing for the Dead” – S5-E40
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Taiwan’s Funeral Strippers: “Dancing for the Dead” – S5-E40
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Shulinkou Air Station – Part 3: Taiwan and the Gulf of Tonkin – S5-E39
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Shulinkou Air Station – Part 2 – S5-E38
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Shulinkou Air Station – Part 1 of 3 (early 1960s) – S5-E37
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Special Episode: A Farewell to Dr. Chen Yao-chang, and a Look at His Novel “Thre...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Unfinished Projects – unbuilt buildings, unfilmed films, unrealized dreams – S5-...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
S5 Bonus: Taiwan and Xu Fu (with Chris Stowers)
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Altars and Outlaws: Ben Sando on Taiwan’s Underworld – Gangs, Temples, and Polit...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
“The Eleventh Commandment” – the First Western Movie Shot in Taiwan – S5-E34
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Bits & Pieces: “Women of the Orient” and Around the World in a “Half-Safe” Amphi...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
From Ashes to Innovation: Japan, Taiwan, and the Spirit of the Osaka Expo of 197...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Swearing with Chickens, and other Taiwan Bird Adventures – S5-E31
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
The U.S. Breaks Relations with a Loyal Ally for the First Time in History: Forme...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Golden Taiwan Travels (1967) – S5-E29
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
The San Cha Mountain 三叉山 Incident of 1945 – Taiwan Marks 80 Years Since Double T...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Made in Taiwan: A Naïve American’s Chaotic Journey to Manhood in an Exotic Cultu...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
CCK: The Largest U.S. Military Base in Taiwan During the Vietnam War – S5-E27
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Miss Universe 1988 – Live from Taipei: Taiwan’s Record That Will (Probably) Neve...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Nuclear Power in Taiwan: The Story Behind Saturday’s Radioactive Referendum – S5...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Operation Ichi-Go: Japan’s Mostly Forgotten Last Big, Born-in-Taiwan War Offensi...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Chiang Kai-shek’s Secret Coma, and the Cigar-Smoking, Cross-Dressing, Confucian...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
“Lip-Sticked” Taxi Drivers and the Founder of the China Post: A Look at Taiwan’s...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Bits & Pieces - July 2025 - Taiwan’s First Belgian Student, Madame Chiang’s Midl...
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
Honey Buckets and Whole-Wheat Faith in Free China – S5-E20
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
