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Episode 15 - Public Opinion & Polarization

Podcast: Strait Forward
Published: Sep 8, 2025
Duration seconds: 2364
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Summary

In this episode of Strait Forward, hosts Channing Lee and Libby Lange welcome Lev Nachman, an assistant professor in the Graduate Institute of National Development at National Taiwan University (NTU) and author of Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation. They discuss how public opinion and polarized politics shape perceptions of recent events in Taiwan.