Where Are You Going?

The podcast full of surprising stories from perfect strangers…

“Utterly unique and compelling” the Financial Times | “Engrossing” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Times

“Riveting” The Spectator | “Classic instance of the simplest idea being the best” Radio Times

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Catherine Carr stops strangers to ask them “Where Are You Going?” and uncovers unexpected stories about people’s lives.

The conversations that follow are always unpredictable: sometimes funny, sometimes heart-breaking, silly, romantic or occasionally downright ‘stop-you-in-your-tracks’ surprising.

Be transported to places around the world and into the lives of others: You just never know what story is coming next…

New episodes released every Tuesday

Winner 'New Podcast'

British Podcast Awards
(2023)
'Podcast of the Year'

Radio Times
(2023)
'Best Presenter'

Audio Production Awards
(2023)
'Featured Podcast'

transom Sound School
(2023)
'Best Podcasts of 2023'

End of year lists
(2023)

“A simple idea brilliantly executed”
Financial Times 2023
“A joyful exploration into just going for it and creating connections with strangers”
Apple Podcast Listener 2023
“Carr knows how to charm. How to politely tickle people into opening up. The results are touching and funny.”
James Marriott, The Times 2023
“The 15-minute episodes pack in more intrigue and unexpected heart-tugs than pretty much any of the grander, intensely production-centric mystery pods I've heard this year.”
Tom Nicholson, Esquire 2023
“Brilliant concept, well executed and it has encouraged me to strike up genuine conversation with strangers I encounter in the wild”
WAYG listener 2023
“It’s a reflection of Carr’s warm but direct approach that the people she accosts nearly always respond with openness. These capsule portraits are at once ordinary yet utterly compelling and unique. They remind us that everyone has a story to tell, if only we think to ask them.”
Fiona Sturges, the Financial Times 2023
“It’s soooo good, Catherine Carr is the interviewer I dream of being”
Emma Beddington (Guardian columnist)
“I listen to this like a blanket being wrapped around me. So interesting and Catherine sounds so sincere”
WAYG subscriber 2023
“This was an hour of pure radio, with so many vivid snapshots, such compelling stories”
The Spectator
“This podcast is a delightful micro oral history of peoples’ everyday moments…. I always feel calmer after I listen. Please keep it up because you’re producing a beautiful record of life”
WAYG listener 2023
“I think it is a great podcast and I think it is important that it succeed because it is fundamentally uplifting and positive. The challenge of our world is that the good things of life, which are micro - small and personal, are lost in the gloom of the macro."
WAYG listener 2024

The team behind Where Are You Going?:

Photo: Paul Jay

Catherine Carr

Catherine Carr is tall and chatty. Even without a microphone, she loves spending her time finding out about other people’s lives, and is often found holding up a queue in the supermarket..! She has worked in radio for her whole career: reporting, presenting and producing for BBC Radio 4 and The World Service. She created the podcasts Talking Politics and Relatively (which she also hosts).

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Catherine’s article on Where Are You Going? in The Observer: The openness of talking to strangers

Loftus Media

Loftus Media is an award-winning content production company. "Where Are You Going?" is the brainchild of Director Jo Rowntree. Jo is passionate about the privilege of sharing people's stories and always says that 'audio has the best pictures'.

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