{"podcast":{"title":"Strait Forward","slug":"strait-forward-7247611","podcast_index_feed_id":7247611,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/_OPbaGO7","website_url":"https://strait-forward.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/c1d5476c-8cb9-47c4-b717-5aeec4144685/27cb3928-ebd1-4b5c-8c5a-45ec0eb53fa9/3000x3000/strait_forward.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP","episode_count":36,"summary":"Strait Forward is a podcast series from the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), where Channing Lee takes a deep-dive into Taiwan, the island at the forefront of technological innovation and the global fight for democracy. Hear Taiwanese experts discuss geopolitics, technology, and culture.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T22:21:27.139754+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611"},"episode":{"title":"The U.S.-Taiwan Semiconductor Education Alliance","slug":"the-u-s-taiwan-semiconductor-education-alliance","published_at":"2026-06-23T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611/the-u-s-taiwan-semiconductor-education-alliance","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611","url":"https://strait-forward.simplecast.com/episodes/the-us-taiwan-semiconductor-education-alliance-lV7JwfyX-KFAisheT","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/373c28e2-36eb-4099-a957-82cb2df2ee52/39ae4125-98ec-4f49-aad0-9d642501eaad/episodes/audio/group/c40a7b36-ccfb-4541-8a1f-65be44180254/group-item/e6dfaa7b-5886-4ac9-91b8-3b20d0aa8290/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_OPbaGO7","summary":"As the United States and Taiwan deepen their semiconductor partnership, can they build a talent pipeline resilient enough to sustain it? Recorded live in Orlando at the 2026 U.S.-Taiwan Semiconductor Higher Education Networking Event, on the sidelines of the NAFSA: Association of International Educators 2026 Annual Conference, host Channing Lee sits down with three university leaders shaping that future: Dr. Lin Chi-Hung, President of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan; Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson, President of San Jose State University in the heart of Silicon Valley; and Dr. Reza Abdolvand, Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida. Fresh off the signing of a new memorandum of understanding, they dig past the buzzwords into what an education partnership really requires, from micro-credentials to cross-border student exchanges, why education may be the ultimate win-win in U.S.-Taiwan relations, and how each side defines success.","meta_description":"As the United States and Taiwan deepen their semiconductor partnership, can they build a talent pipeline resilient enough to sustain it? Recorded live in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2887,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/strait-forward-7247611/episodes/the-u-s-taiwan-semiconductor-education-alliance/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611/the-u-s-taiwan-semiconductor-education-alliance.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}