From Our Own Correspondent Podcast
Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world
Episodes to download
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Japanese Justice and the Fugitive CEO
Sat 18 Jan 2020
Our correspondent on a troubling authoritarianism inside Japan's "hostage justice" system
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Iran's Divided Loyalties
Sat 11 Jan 2020
Reactions to General Suleimani's targeted killing at home and in the Iranian diaspora.
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Death In Baghdad
Sat 4 Jan 2020
The killing of an Iranian general and the potential consequences for a nervous world
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The Meaning of Home
Sat 28 Dec 2019
Correspondents reflect on what 'home' means to refugees, migrants, nomads and others
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Taiwan's Bright Ideas
Sat 21 Dec 2019
Taiwan, increasingly innovative, pluralistic and assertive, is standing up to China.
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The despair over India's failure to confront sexual violence. Why are the victims blamed?
Sat 14 Dec 2019
The despair over India's failure to confront sexual violence. Why are the victims blamed?
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The fragile peace on the frontline in Eastern Ukraine
Sat 7 Dec 2019
Can peace gain a foothold in the deadlocked conflict in Eastern Ukraine?
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Shunned in Sri Lanka
Sat 30 Nov 2019
After the Easter bomb attacks by Islamist militants, Sri Lanka's Muslims are shunned.
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Zimbabwe's excuses run dry
Sat 23 Nov 2019
Water shortages and blackouts turn Zimbabwe into a ghostly place of shadows after sunset.
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From Our Home Correspondent 17/11/2019
Sun 17 Nov 2019
Don valley floods, Hartlepool drug misuse, jellied eels, prisoners' children and London.
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If we burn you burn with us
Sat 16 Nov 2019
The protesters who believe they are fighting for Hong Kong’s very existence
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A 'wow' moment in Latin America
Thu 14 Nov 2019
From coca farmer to president, to political exile; the story of Bolivia’s Evo Morales
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Stories Matter
Sat 9 Nov 2019
What the murder of a Mormon family in Mexico reveals about the country
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Albania's Iranian Guests
Thu 7 Nov 2019
The Iranian exiles fighting for change at home but struggling to adapt to life in Europe
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South Africa's political earthquake
Sat 26 Oct 2019
South Africa's political resignation that has reopened apartheid era wounds
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The Basketball Row
Thu 24 Oct 2019
Basketball - the latest front in the fallout between China and the United States
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From Our Home Correspondent 22/10/2019
Sun 20 Oct 2019
Making cider, shrinking families, being non-binary, village newsletters, festival letters
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Turkey, Syria and the Kurds
Sat 19 Oct 2019
Turkey moves into Syria. But where does this leave the Kurds?
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Barcelona Boils
Thu 17 Oct 2019
Violence in Barcelona after jail terms are handed down to Catalan separatist leaders
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A Hong Kong Wedding
Thu 10 Oct 2019
The wedding banquet put on hold by protests and emergency legislation in Hong Kong.
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The Prosecutor General
Sat 5 Oct 2019
Impeachment, Ukraine and the elusive former prosecutor general.
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No Love Lost
Thu 3 Oct 2019
The trade dispute in Asia dividing two of the world's richest countries.
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Can Afghanistan find peace?
Sat 28 Sep 2019
As Afghanistan goes to the polls Lyse Doucet reflects on the country's paused peace talks
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Who Will Lead Israel?
Thu 26 Sep 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu has been asked to form a new government - can he make it work?
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From Our Home Correspondent 22/09/2019
Sun 22 Sep 2019
Crossrail delays, a 12th move at 30, middle-aged gigs, boys’ cricket and premature twins.
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Will Myanmar's Rohingya Return?
Sat 21 Sep 2019
Rohingya refugees are being invited to return home, but is their safety guaranteed?
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Cash, Credit and Control in China
Sat 14 Sep 2019
Is the rise of mobile payments in China about convenience or control?