Dateline Bangkok Podcast

19/05/2026

Our extended episode with the BBC’s Jonathan Head is now live! 📺

Tommy Walker delves into Jonathan’s work as Southeast Asia Correspondent - including Timor Leste, Indonesia and Thailand!

Listen below ⬇️

00:25 Introduction 00:50 Earlier years, travel02:02 Early journalism, USA02:44 Starting the three-decade journey 03:21 Foreign, travel influence & University...

19/04/2026

Sunday morning listening 🎧

The latest episode of the Dateline Bangkok podcast is now live on YouTube! 📺

This time Tommy Walker speaks with Toe Zaw Latt, a Myanmar media veteran journalist, discussing the complication restrictions of the media environment under military rule. 🇲🇲

00:00 Intro00:42 Twenty years in the Myanmar’s restricted media 03:47 Reporting for DVB from 2006 05:19 Illegal reporting & people’s reaction 06:45 Complex...

02/04/2026

NEW EPISODE 🚨

The Rise and Fall of China’s economy?

Ian Williams, a long-time British foreign correspondent and author sits down with Tommy Walker to discuss his new book, his career, and his take on China.

Watch now via YouTube 🎥

Editor: Julian Hadden

00:25 Introduction01:36 Soviet Union02:32 Why a journalist?04:01 The Foreign Correspondent 06:03 Advice for young journalists 08:17 Modern multimedia09:03 Ti...

01/04/2026

The Dateline Bangkok Podcast is BACK! 🙌🏼

We know, it’s been a minute.

After the first episodes in Season 1 were successful in producing, and publishing, we are delighted to confirm our podcast will be returning to publish the remainder of the Season…

AND for a brand new Season 2 coming very soon! 🎧

Thank you to our followers and members of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand - FCCT for the support and patience 🙏🏼

It’s been a chaotic 2025 and 2026 in Thailand, (and the world), so as working news journalists we’ve been busy.

More shows coming soon ‼️