{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Taiwan","slug":"talking-taiwan-898069","podcast_index_feed_id":898069,"rss_url":"https://talkingtaiwan.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://talkingtaiwan.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/4/e/7/54e79f55069d8f3d/Talking_Taiwan_1400x1400.png","author":"Felicia Lin","episode_count":323,"summary":"Talking Taiwan is a Golden Crane Podcast Award Winner, and has been shortlisted in the 2024 International Women's Podcast Awards \"Moment of Visionary Leadership\" category. In 2025, it was nominated for the 12th Annual T.O. Webfest Awards in the category of \"Best Ensemble Cast in a Podcast\". Hosted by Felicia Lin, Talking Taiwan is the longest running, independently produced Taiwan-related podcast that covers political news related to Taiwan and stories connected to Taiwan and Taiwan's global community. To learn more about Talking Taiwan visit: www.talkingtaiwan.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T22:18:50.519526+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-taiwan-898069"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 325 | 3 Perspectives in Taiwan Why the Great Recall Failed","slug":"ep-325-3-perspectives-in-taiwan-why-the-great-recall-failed","published_at":"2025-08-24T02:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-taiwan-898069/ep-325-3-perspectives-in-taiwan-why-the-great-recall-failed","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-taiwan-898069","url":"https://talkingtaiwan.com/3-perspectives-in-taiwan-why-the-great-recall-failed-ep-325/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkingtaiwan/Ep_325_3_Perspectives_in_Taiwan_Why_the_Great_Recall_Failed.mp3?dest-id=215522","summary":"When we decided to travel back to Taiwan to cover the vote to recall 24 KMT legislators on July 26th we had no idea how things would turn out. The Great Recall (or da ba mian) as it came to be known in Taiwan, was notable not just because it led to a record number of 31 KMT legislators in total being put up for a recall vote. What was most impressive about is that it was a nationwide effort that started at a grassroots level by everyday people. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/3-perspectives-in-taiwan-why-the-great-recall-failed-ep-325/ It's been incredible to watch everything leading up to the Great Recall. Going back to last May in 2024 during what came to be known as the Bluebird Movement when tens of thousands of people and upwards of 100,000 took to the streets of Taiwan in a series of protests against controversial bills proposed in the legislative yuan. What happened during the Bluebird Movement protests is said to be what in part galvanized citizens to organize the recall campaigns. I can't deny that our hopes were high for the results of the July 26th recall vote and after we learned that none of the KMT legislators were successfully recalled, we did our best during the remaining days of our time in Taiwan to try to make sense of the results by talking to a number of our friends and peers. What you'll hear in this episode are some sound bites from conversations we had on July 30th with Rath Wang, Safe Spaces Senior Policy Fellow and Dennis Chen, Chairman of Wikimedia Taiwan. They shared their observations and thoughts on why the recalls failed, the recall campaigners and what the results of the recall vote could mean for President Lai. Later that day I also spoke with Morrison Lee a Taiwanese businessman who went to China on what was supposed to be a 4…","meta_description":"When we decided to travel back to Taiwan to cover the vote to recall 24 KMT legislators on July 26th we had no idea how things would turn out. The Great R…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2240,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-taiwan-898069/episodes/ep-325-3-perspectives-in-taiwan-why-the-great-recall-failed/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-taiwan-898069/ep-325-3-perspectives-in-taiwan-why-the-great-recall-failed.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}