# Episode 15 - Public Opinion & Polarization

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Podcast: [Strait Forward](https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611)
Published: 2025-09-08T10:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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