to Taipei City. ICRT today News and current affairs ICRT provides news throughout the day, beginning with content from the BBC, then moving into an hour-long morning news special, in which the morning crew cover local, international, sport and business news. Taiwan Talk In 2012, ICRT launched a new feature called Taiwan Talk, a twice-weekly program designed to enhance ICRT’s local news coverage. Hosted by reporter Eryk Smith up until the end of 2013, the news segment features interviews with members of the local community. Notable past interviewees include Taiwan 2012 presidential candidate Tsai Ying-wen, Indian novelist Pankaj Mishra, National Immigration Agency Director, Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功), and William Stanton (diplomat), the director of the American Institute in Taiwan. Currently the program is hosted by Alex Lewis. EZ News As part of ICRT’s role as a bridge between the foreign and domestic community, two news broadcasts per day are designated EZ News. The vocabulary is deliberately simplified, the reading speed is lowered, and a transcript is provided to aid English learners. In 2012, an extra podcast was added featuring the EZ News broadcast read at an even slower speed. Game On! Game On! is a segment focused on developments in the world of videogames. It ran from 2009 to 2014. Cultural exchange A-Fu's Taxi A-Fu's Taxi is a short feature designed to teach simple Chinese. The format is always the same: a foreigner gets into A-Fu’s taxi cab and strikes up a conversation centered on the intended destination. Over the course of this dialogue, A-Fu teaches the foreigner a few Mandarin Chinese words or phrases. Language Links Language Links is a short program designed to teach English vocabulary. It features a dialogue, often humorous in nature, centered on a theme. Key words are then explained in English and Mandarin Chinese. Language Links is also published as an English-learning textbook, in which the dialogues are presented in cartoon form, and extended explanations and information on the same theme is given. We Love Hakka We Love Hakka is a special program, presented in Mandarin Chinese and English, which aims to introduce Hakka language and culture. Hakka sights, proverbs and cultural events are described in the program, along with a few words in the Hakka language. Notable programming Jazz Flavors Jazz Flavors is a 2-hour, Sunday night show. It is the longest-running program on ICRT. The show features the very latest music by the