Tianmu is a neighborhood in northern Taipei that has never quite felt like the rest of the city. Shaped by American military housing in the 1950s and decades of expat culture, it became the place where foreign food, foreign faces, and foreign ideas landed in Taiwan. Today, some of that energy has faded, but some things stayed.

Eddy Gonzalez is one of them. Born in Canada to Mexican parents, Eddy came to Taiwan in his twenties and eventually opened Eddy's Cantina in Tianmu in 2010, after starting with a small burrito stand at Tamsui Old Street night market in 2007. In this episode, Eddy talks about building a restaurant from his family's recipes, what it felt like to watch the neighborhood change around him, and why, after fifteen years, he's still here: https://www.eddyscantina.com/en/

Jim Chiang is a graduate student at the International Master's Program in International Communication Studies (IMICS) at National Chengchi University (NCCU).

“Speak Up” is a podcast program by College of Communication students at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan. Season 1 features student work from the class, “Podcasting: Audio Journalism & Branded Podcasts” in Spring 2026. Supervising teacher is adjunct associate professor Emily Y. Wu.

Music credit: Snow Drift by HoliznaCC0, Latin Groove by Victor Samalot, 1909 - Venetian Love Song by Victor Herbert Orchestra, Sad walk with sad melodica by Komiku from Free Music Archive dot org.

 

Tianmu is a neighborhood in northern Taipei that has never quite felt like the rest of the city. Shaped by American military housing in the 1950s and decades of expat culture, it became the place where foreign food, foreign faces, and foreign ideas landed in Taiwan. Today, some of that energy has faded, but some things stayed.
Eddy Gonzalez is one of them. Born in Canada to Mexican parents, Eddy came to Taiwan in his twenties and eventually opened Eddy's Cantina in Tianmu in 2010, after starting with a small burrito stand at Tamsui Old Street night market in 2007. In this episode, Eddy talks about building a restaurant from his family's recipes, what it felt like to watch the neighborhood change around him, and why, after fifteen years, he's still here: <a href="https://www.eddyscantina.com/en/">https://www.eddyscantina.com/en/</a>
Jim Chiang&nbsp;is a graduate student at the International Master's Program in International Communication Studies (IMICS) at National Chengchi University (NCCU).
&ldquo;Speak Up&rdquo; is a podcast program by College of Communication students at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan. Season 1 features student work from the class, &ldquo;Podcasting: Audio Journalism &amp; Branded Podcasts&rdquo; in Spring 2026. Supervising teacher is adjunct associate professor Emily Y. Wu.
Music credit: <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/winter-lofi/snow-drift/">Snow Drift</a> by HoliznaCC0, <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/victor-samalot/single/latin-groove/">Latin Groove</a> by Victor Samalot, <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Victor_Herbert_Orchestra/Edison_Cylinders/victor_herbert_orchestra_-_edison_cylinders_-_1909_-_venetian_love_song/">1909 - Venetian Love Song</a> by Victor Herbert Orchestra, <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Its_time_for_adventure__vol_2/Komiku_-_Its_time_for_adventure_vol_2_-_14_Sad_walk_with_sad_melodica/">Sad walk with sad melodica</a> by Komiku from Free Music Archive dot org.
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Episodes in this program are made by College of Communication students at National Chengchi University (NCCU) in Taipei, Taiwan. Students here are in the undergraduate program at the Department of Radio and Television, or the graduate program at IMICS (International Master's Program in International Communication Studies).

Season 1 includes student work from the class “Podcasting: Audio Journalism & Branded Podcasts” at NCCU in spring 2026. Supervising teacher is adjunct associate professor Emily Y. Wu. 

Thank you to the following people and centers for their support: Dean of College of Communication, Dr. Hsiu-Hui Sun (政大傳播學院院長孫秀蕙); Chair of the Department of Radio & TV, Dr. Stanley Chun-Ming Huang (廣播與電視學系主任黃俊銘); Director of IMICS, Dr. I-Huei Cheng (國際傳播英語碩士學位學程主任鄭怡卉); Voice of NCCU radio station (VNCCU, 政大之聲電台), and the Audio and Video Lab (影音實驗室).

本節目為台灣國立政治大學傳播學院之廣播與電視學系及國際傳播英語碩士學位學程學生作品。第一季為114學年度課程「Podcasting: Audio Journalism & Branded Podcasts」（英文教學）之作品，指導老師為兼任教師吳怡慈。政大傳播學院成立於1989年，為台灣歷史最悠久、最具指標性之新聞傳播教育學府。

Episodes in this program are made by College of Communication students at National Chengchi University (NCCU) in Taipei, Taiwan. Students here are in the undergraduate program at the Department of Radio and Television, or the graduate program at IMICS (International Master's Program in International Communication Studies).
Season 1 includes student work from the class &ldquo;Podcasting: Audio Journalism &amp; Branded Podcasts&rdquo; at NCCU in spring 2026. Supervising teacher is adjunct associate professor Emily Y. Wu.&nbsp;
Thank you to the following people and centers for their support: Dean of College of Communication, Dr. Hsiu-Hui Sun (政大傳播學院院長孫秀蕙); Chair of the Department of Radio &amp; TV, Dr. Stanley Chun-Ming Huang (廣播與電視學系主任黃俊銘); Director of IMICS, Dr. I-Huei Cheng (國際傳播英語碩士學位學程主任鄭怡卉); Voice of NCCU radio station (VNCCU, 政大之聲電台), and the Audio and Video Lab (影音實驗室).
本節目為台灣國立政治大學傳播學院之廣播與電視學系及國際傳播英語碩士學位學程學生作品。第一季為114學年度課程「Podcasting: Audio Journalism &amp; Branded Podcasts」（英文教學）之作品，指導老師為兼任教師吳怡慈。政大傳播學院成立於1989年，為台灣歷史最悠久、最具指標性之新聞傳播教育學府。