Metalhead Politics
From Freddy Lim, vocalist of the metalband Chthonic and then-member of parliament in Taiwan, and Emily Y. Wu, co-founder of Ghost Island Media, this is Metalhead Politics: a podcast on music, politics, and Taiwan.
Launched in 2020, this limited-series marks the first podcast from a Taiwanese lawmaker aimed at an English-speaking audience. Freddy Lim was a two-term legislature, serving from 2016-2024. This podcast examining Taiwan's authoritarianism past continues to offer invaluable insight to Taiwanese identity and its society today. A co-production of Chthonic and Ghost Island Media. A Middag project.
Since 2025 Lim has been Taiwan's Ambassador to Finland.
From Freddy Lim, vocalist of the metal band Chthonic and a member of parliament in Taiwan, and Emily Y. Wu, co-founder of Ghost Island Media, this is Metalhead Politics: a podcast on music, politics, and Taiwan. A co-production of Chthonic and Ghost Island Media. A Middag project.
由閃靈樂團及鬼島之音合製的「政治重金屬」節目，由搖滾立委林昶佐及鬼島之音創辦人吳怡慈 Emily 主持．
WEB | Chthonic | Ghost Island Media
FACEBOOK | Freddy Lim | Chthonic | Ghost Island Media
TWITTER | @FreddyLim | @chthonictw | @ghostislandme | @emilyywu
INSTAGRAM | @freddylimtt | @chthonictw | @ghostislandme | @emily.y.wu
YOUTUBE | Chthonic | Ghost Island Media
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Host - Freddy Lim
Host - Freddy Lim
Lead singer of the Taiwanese metal band Chthonic. Former member of parliament in Taiwan (2016-2024). Host of Metalhead Politics podcast with Emily Y. Wu. Lim is currently Taiwan's Ambassador to Finland (sine 2025).
Host - Emily Y. Wu
Host - Emily Y. Wu
Emily Y. Wu is the executive producer of Ghost Island Media, a podcast network she founded in 2019. She is the presenter of The Taiwan Take podcast, Game Changers with Emily Y. Wu television series, and a co-host on the Metalhead Politics podcast.
