Where Are You Going?

The podcast full of surprising stories from perfect strangers …

Catherine Carr stops strangers to ask them “Where Are You Going?” and uncovers unexpected stories about people’s lives. Named ‘Podcast of the Year’ by Radio Times and picked as ‘Best Podcasts of the Year 2023’ by the Financial Times, Observer, Pod Bible and The Week. The conversations that follow are always unpredictable: sometimes funny, sometimes heart-breaking, silly, romantic or occasionally downright ‘stop-you-in-your-tracks’ surprising.

Our final episode was in September 2025 but there is a wonderful archive of over 200 episodes to enjoy. Be transported to places around the world and into the lives of others: You just never know what story is coming next…

Presenter: Catherine Carr | Editor: Jo Rowntree | Assistant Producers: Alexandra Quinn, Maia Miller-Lewis | Sound: Dan King | Digital Producers: Leon Gower, Reuben Huxtable | Digital Editor: Richard Berry

2023

Podcast of the Year Radio Times

  • Near Revolution Street, Downtown Tijuana, Mexico. © Guillermo Arias, 2016
  • A couple in Hong Kong. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • On a street in Kolkata, India. © Paul Jay, 2016
  • A busker in Amsterdam, Holland. © Paul Jay, 2016
  • Near the US/Mexico border fence at Playas de Tijuana. © Guillermo Arias
  • In Hong Kong, a man goes for a walk with his baby. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • In the South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India. © Paul Jay, 2016
  • Painting the US/Mexico border fence at Playas de Tijuana. © Guillermo Arias, 2016
  • A woman clears up leaves in a park in Hong Kong. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • Hong Kong. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • A man trains in Maidan Park, Kolkata, India. © Paul Jay, 2016
  • A waiter in Kolkata, India. © Paul Jay, 2016
  • Grand Central Station, New York, USA. © Catherine Carr, 2015
  • Hong Kong. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • At a bookshop in Kolkata, India. © Paul Jay
  • A flower market in Kolkata, India. © Paul Jay
  • Reykjavik, Iceland. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • A woman weighs out flowers in Kolkata, India. © Paul Jay, 2016
  • 'I'm cycling to Peru' - photographed near the US/Mexico border at Tijuana. © Paul Jay, 2016
  • Kolkata, India. © Paul Jay, 2016.
  • 'The last hippie in Amsterdam'. © Paul Jay, 2016
  • Kolkata, India. © Paul Jay, 2016.
  • Boarding a bus in New York. © Catherine Carr, 2015.
  • Listening to music in Reykjavik, Iceland. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • A busker outside Padre Chava soup-kitchen in Tijuana, Mexico. © Guillermo Arias, 2016.
  • On the New York subway, USA. © Catherine Carr
  • Hong Kong. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • Tijuana, Mexico. © Guillermo Arias, 2016
  • Hong Kong. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • The US/Mexico border fence at Playas de Tijuana. © Guillermo Arias, 2016
  • Walking home from the shops in Reykjavik, Iceland. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • On the New York subway, USA. © Catherine Carr, 2016
  • Hong Kong. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • San Ysidro crossing port on the US/Mexico border at Tijuana. © Guillermo Arias, 2016
  • A tourist in downtown Tijuana. © Guillermo Arias, 2016.
  • Reykjavik, Iceland. © Paul Jay, 2017.
  • Photo taken by Paul Jay for 2018 Hanoi edition of BBC World Service 'Where Are You Going?'
  • Photo taken by Hiroshi Okamoto for BBC World Service programme 'Where Are You Going?, 2018 Tokyo edition.
  • Photo from 2018 Seoul Edition of BBC World Service 'Where Are You Going?' Photo taken by Jun Michael Park.
  • Photo taken by Jun Michael Park for 2018 Seoul edition of BBC World Service 'Where Are You Going?'
  • Photograph of young man captured in Cardiff for BBC World Service Documentary 'Where Are You Going? UK Edition. Taken by Paul Jay.
  • Photography taken in London from BBC World Service Documentary 'Where Are You Going? UK Edition. Taken by Wunmi Omnibudo.
  • Iranian couple photographed in Glasgow for BBC World Service Documentary 'Where Are You Going? UK Edition. Taken by Anna Cervinkova
  • Photograph of women captured in Belfast for BBC World Service Documentary 'Where Are You Going? UK Edition. Taken by Simon Mills.