有時候我們太習慣問「發生了什麼」， 卻忘了問：「為什麼會變成這樣？」 這集不是主線推進，而是一個停下來回頭看的深潛。 1956 到 1965 年，這座島嶼開始選擇自己的樣子。 不是誰給的制度，而是自己的語言、信仰、教育， 靜靜地，把一個國家撐起來。 這集，我們聊的是： 如果一個國家可以重新選擇一次，它會選什麼？ — Sometimes, the most important moments aren’t loud. They’re quiet choices — about who we want to be. This bonus deep dive pauses the main timeline to look at how Formosa built its identity from the ground up. Not through power or recognition, but through language, faith, memory — and the refusal to be erased. 🎧 Best listened to between S1E2 and S1E3. 1945–2005 Timeline Preview (English): https://tinyurl.com/4505twmverse

1956 年，台灣選出了第一屆民選政府。 不是什麼轟轟烈烈的場面，但很多事情，從那時候開始慢慢變了。語言政策改了， 教會、廟宇開始介入社區，大家試著找出一種新的活法。冷戰正在升溫， 但這座島嶼沒有吵鬧， 反而靜靜地做事，穩住自己。這集我們回頭看那段時間， 一個剛成立的國家，怎麼在沒人看好的情況下撐下去。 In this chapter, Taiwan learns how to survive the Cold War. No loud slogans. No big brothers. Just votes, languages, and local communities, holding things together in their own way. 1945–2005 Timeline Preview (English): https://tinyurl.com/4505twmverse

1945年，日本統治結束，台灣迎來了另一條路。沒有大撤退、沒有國語運動，台灣在混亂中重新想像自己的命運。這集帶你走過1945–1955年的轉捩點。 In this chapter, Taiwan charts its own course after World War II — forging a republic amid uncertainty. How does a nation rebuild itself from the ashes of empire? Explore the alternate path. 1945-2005 Timeline Preview (English): https://tinyurl.com/4505twmverse

What if the Taiwan you know—the stories, the symbols, the struggle—was just one thread in a much larger historical fabric? In this 10-minute teaser, we dive into the Formosa Multiverse: an alternate timeline where the Kuomintang never retreated to Taiwan in 1949. No ROC-in-exile. No martial law. No Cold War puppet state. Instead, a bold thought experiment: What if the 228 Uprising succeeded? What if Taiwan forged its own republic from the ground up? This episode explores themes of erased futures, postcolonial identity, religious pluralism, and Cold War diplomacy—inviting you to rethink what Taiwan could have become. The full timeline is complete. A book is in development. This is only the beginning. Created with the help of NotebookLM’s Deep Dive engine—an AI tool for asking better questions about the futures we never dared to write.