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History Daily

Saturday Matinee: The China History Podcast

History Daily

Airship | Noiser | Wondery

History

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we just begin to scratch the surface of the long, storied history of Taiwan- a country whose beginnings may trace as far back as 6,000 years ago.



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0:00.0

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0:28.8

Way back to the podcast. way back in college, I took a course on the history of China, and I'll be frank,

0:32.6

it was 100% unfamiliar to me then, and I've retained none of it since.

0:37.9

The only thing I really remember is being given the option to write a historical dramatization in lieu of a research paper, an option I eagerly took.

0:41.7

I don't think I got a very good grade, though.

0:43.8

Turns out, it would take me another 20 years to get good at telling a compelling version of history.

0:49.4

All this to say, my knowledge of the history of China is pretty thin.

0:53.5

Good thing, there's a podcast

0:55.0

that's been running for almost 15 years that covers this topic explicitly, the China

1:00.2

History Podcast. And on today's Saturday matinee, we're sharing the first episode from their

1:04.8

15-part series on the history of Taiwan, from the geological formation of the island, all the way

1:10.4

up to the recent elections of

1:11.6

2024. I hope you enjoy. While you're listening, be sure to search for and follow the China

1:16.9

History podcast. We put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you.

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