TOP Talk: Recent Episodes
Julia Wu
This is a show created by a group of students from Banqiao Senior High School, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The purpose of the show is to offer teenagers' perspective to issues like language learning, cultural differences and current affairs. We're fortunate to have some students from Ravenscroft, North Carolina, U.S. to join us. So a variety of teenage perspectives will be shared with you. New episodes on Fridays. Listen anywhere you are and understand the world through fresh perspectives.
What causes gender inequality? In this podcast, Shelly, Cherry and Peggy will guide you to think deeper about gender issues and explore the factors that may cause gender inequality.
People’s thoughts change from time to time. Do elders hold different opinions about gender equality from young people? Do elders value gender equality like most youngsters do? Listen to what Abby and Lydia have found out about this issue.
COVID-19 has greatly affected people's life. In this episode, Mina and Kylie talk about how COVID-19 intensifies gender equality. They start the discussion with a question and then explain the issue from two aspects. Finally, they express their opinions on how people can improve gender equality.
Taiwan ranks sixth in the global gender equality report in 2021, but gender equality hasn't been achieved in every aspect of life. Una and Betty talk about some ideas and phenomena related to this issue in Taiwan.
In today’s episode, Fiona and Welly are going to talk about a special picture book program they did at school. They’ll share what this project is about, how they made their own picture books and how they expect it to change the society.
After World War II, the United States transformed itself into a superpower. Except for the Soviet Union and other second-world countries, no one was immune to its influence. Especially after the US Congress passed the Marshall Plan, an economic and reconstruction aid program for Western European countries. U.S. influence in Europe and Asia is even more unimaginable.
In the second half of the 20th century, the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan, and mainland China was completely controlled by the Communist Chinese government. To stop communism, Taiwan and the United States signed a mutual defense treaty. Taiwan became America's anti-communist front in the Western Pacific. As a result, large numbers of American soldiers and aid entered Taiwan.
Many older generations experienced the era of "Taiwan-US cooperation" at that time. The U.S. military has brought some things that represent Western cultures, such as soap, cola, cigarettes, alcohol, and fashion magazines, all of which are loved by the Taiwanese. In addition, American pop music culture has also had a strong influence on Taiwan. Young people of that era would dance in ballrooms and listen to Western music as a fashion. It can be seen that Taiwan was deeply influenced by American culture at that time.
These effects continued until Taiwan and the United States severed diplomatic relations, even after Taiwan lifted martial law and became a Democratic country.
Now, due to globalization, it is difficult for the whole world to be free from American or Western culture. The strong influence makes it easy for Taiwanese to accept various cultures from the United States or the West, so we can start paying attention to the influence on Taiwan's native culture.
The young speakers explain what gender equality is and discuss the causes of gender inequality in Taiwan.
The young speakers talk about the problem of cyberbullying and some ways of dealing with it.
The young speakers talk about the pros and cons of social media and illustrate the phenomenon, "social comparison theory".
Domestic violence happens in families worldwide. The young speakers of this episode care about the issue and talk about a tragic case of domestic violence in Taiwan.
Bella and Eclipse talk about what they have observed about gender inequality in Taiwan's society and on the Internet.
In this podcast, Eric and Thomas introduce several places that are currently suffering from over tourism. From the well-known floating city to the jungles in southeastern Asia and the last to the New World that was just explored 500 years ago. As we known, over tourism can be seen anywhere but few paid attention so they hope to give the audience a crystal clear perspective of it through the podcast.
Women has had a lot of obstacles on their road to public participation. Sabrina and Curtis want to raise people's awareness of it.
Parental leave is an important issue of Taiwan's gender equality. Because of the implementation of the new parental leave regulations, parents in Taiwan can accompany their babies and get some allowance at the same time. Let's listen to what Alan and Aurora say about it.
Welly and Allier have learned that some girls in the world are banned from going to school. They have some conversations about why people have gender discrimination and how people may change it in schools.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s lawsuit has caught the public’s attention. In this episode Soso and Melody will talk about how it affects the MeToo movement and their perspectives on it.
In today’s episode, Fiona and Wayne are going to talk about what quality education is and some examples of how people are trying to achieve quality education for all students.
Miro and Lexi introduces the "MeToo" movement. First, they will talk about what it is. Second, they will talk about how it affects the social media. Lastly, they will share their own opinions on this movement.
We often get extremely nervous when being onstage or making a big decision. Does that mean we have social anxiety disorder? In this episode, Ivy introduces what social anxiety disorder is, who are prone to this disorder and explains its differences between social phobia.
Death is the the mysterious destination we humans all share. In this episode, Stacy talks about some reasons for the fear of death. She also mentions the attitude we can have toward the fear of death. Finally, she expresses her opinions about what we can learn from death.
In this episode, Ivy first talks about the differences between phobia and fear. Then, she explains various types of phobias. Finally, she shares some common ways to deal with phobia. Let's listen to it and find our more details about phobia.
In this episode, Stacy first introduces the theme of this season and then shares her thoughts on exam fear. Most importantly, she hopes those who are preparing for college entrance exams will succeed. Break a leg!
Do you often feel drowsy in the morning? What makes us feel so? Ivy talks about the reasons why we tend to feel drowsy in the morning and shares some tips to help us stay awake.
The 2020 Summer Olympic Games was postponed due to COVID-19. However, with the recent rise of COVID cases in Tokyo, should Japan still hold the classic sport games as planned? In this episode, Stacy explains the background of the Olympic Games, the obstacles the event faces and the preparation Japanese government and local organizers has done. She also invites three Japanese to express their opinions on the heatedly-discussed issue.
Ivy tries to clear up the doubts that freshmen of high school may have about learning. First, what's the meaning of studying? Second, If there were no quizzes, would students still study? Ivy expresses her opinion on the two questions and shares her understanding of the education in Germany.
Vicky introduces two fun APPs that you can use to spice up your online learning experience.
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Animaze: https://www.animaze.us/
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Snap Camera: https://snapcamera.snapchat.com/
Ivy shares three useful tips for managing our time well. Why not give it a try after listening?
Stacy shares the other three things you can do to kill your time at home and also keep your passion for life.
Stacy shares three things you can do during lockdown at home and offers some useful tips for sticking to your plan.
Vicky explains what Vutuber is with more details and talks about the development of it.
In this episode, Brandon introduces his favorite cultural holiday and what he usually does during that period of time.
In this episode, Ivy talks about her difficulties of learning a new language and the benefits of learning new languages.
In this episode, Ivy talks about her motivation for learning English and German and her experience of learning a new language.
In this episode, Stacy talks about school life under COVID-19 pandemic and some advantages of online learning.
In this episode, Stacy talks about her observation about the pandemic and her life under the pandemic.
Hello everyone, welcome to TOP TALK. This is a show created by a group of students from Banqiao Senior High School, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The purpose of the show is to offer teenagers' perspective to issues like language learning, cultural differences and current affairs. So a variety of teenage perspectives will be shared with you.
New episodes on Fridays. Listen anywhere you are and understand the world through fresh perspectives.