Off Duty | The Guardian Investigates

By The Guardian

How the brutal murder of a Chicago police officer spiralled into a sweeping 12-year hunt for justice – at all costs. An investigation by Melissa Segura

Episodes

Gina: a real life Succession story, episode 2
How does Gina Rinehart, like her father before her, use wealth and power to influence Australian politics? Rinehart’s first major foray into the political spotlight was successfully lobbying against Labor’s mining super-profit tax in the early 2010s. But what did she learn from her father, Lang Hancock, who campaigned to overturn the iron ore export embargo in the 1950s, setting the foundation for their family fortune?
57 min
Gina: a real life Succession story, episode 1
Gina Rinehart tops Australia’s rich list, worth almost $40bn. She’s also a climate sceptic, a Trumpette and a litigant – even against her own kids. Her life reads like a script from the TV series Succession. Senior correspondent Sarah Martin has spoken to her critics and her defenders to try and understand who Gina Rinehart really is. In this episode, Martin starts with her childhood, and the enormous influence of her father, Lang Hancock
54 min
Missing in the Amazon: the frontline – episode six
According to Beto Marubo, if Dom and Bruno did the same expedition in 2025, they would face the same levels of danger. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, returns to the Javari valley and meets those risking their lives daily basis to fight the threats from organised crime. Is it possible to save the Amazon?For all links mentioned at the end of this episode, visit Missing in the Amazon at the Guardian
34 min
Missing in the Amazon: the fightback – episode five
Funerals are held for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira and there is hope that the election of President Lula will mean new protections for the Amazon – and that the killers of Dom and Bruno will face justice. But organised crime is widespread and deep-rooted. The investigative journalist Sônia Bridi tells the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips about a man who allegedly not only may have helped plan the killings but may have ordered them. A man whose name strikes fear across the region
38 min
Missing in the Amazon: the ambush – episode four
The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, recalls the moment that he and others on the search team found Dom and Bruno’s belongings in a hidden area of flooded forest. The team finally discover what has happened to the men
25 min
Missing in the Amazon: the protector and the poacher – episode three
Bruno Pereira was considered one of the great Indigenous protectors of his generation. And this made him an enemy of a man called Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, also known as Pelado. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, reports on the story of the two men and what happened when their paths collided
35 min
Missing in the Amazon: the journalist and the president – episode two
What took British journalist Dom Phillips from the club nights of the UK dance scene as editor of MixMag to one of the most remote, and dangerous, corners of the Amazon rainforest? In 2022, Dom set off on a reporting trip with Bruno Pereira, a Brazilian expert on uncontacted tribes, into the Javari valley, to investigate the criminal gangs threatening this region. And then they vanished
30 min
Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode one
Three years ago, British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous defender Bruno Pereira vanished while on a reporting trip near Brazil’s remote Javari valley. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, investigates what happened in the first episode of a new six-part investigative podcast series
27 min
Missing in the Amazon: a new Guardian investigative series – trailer
In one of the most remote corners of the Amazon jungle, a journalist and an indigenous defender disappear without a trace. Missing in the Amazon – our new six-part investigative podcast series uncovers what happened to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira. Told for the first time by the people closest to them
1 min
Black Box: shut it down? – episode 7
For decades, Eliezer Yudkowsky has been trying to warn the world about the dangers of AI. And now people are finally listening to him. But is it too late?
41 min
Black Box: the white mask – episode 6
In January 2020, Robert Williams was arrested by Detroit police for a crime he had not committed. The officers were acting on a tip not from a witness or informant. In fact, not from a person at all
36 min
Black Box: Bing and I – episode 5
Two stories about the way AI could – in fact, already is – making the world better. In Montana, when Lee Johnson discovered his wife, Yokie, had cancer, he turned to AI – and was surprised by the answers he got. Meanwhile, in Massachusetts Prof Regina Barzilay’s experience with cancer has led her to build an AI system that can detect the disease years before a human
42 min
Black Box: repocalypse now – episode 4
When Eugenia Kuyda created Replika, the AI companion app, she had no idea it would be downloaded millions of times all around the world. The results were more powerful than she could ever have predicted. But so was the backlash
35 min
Black Box: the hunt for ClothOff, the deepfake porn app – episode 3
For the past six months, Guardian journalist Michael Safi has been trying to find out who is behind an AI company that creates deepfakes. Deepfakes that are causing havoc around the world, with police and lawmakers baffled about how to deal with them. And in trying to answer one question, he has been left with a bigger one: is AI going to make it impossible to sort fact from fiction?
46 min
Black Box: the connectionists – episode 2
This is the story of Geoffrey Hinton, a man who set out to understand the brain and ended up working with a group of researchers who invented a technology so powerful that even they don’t truly understand how it works. This is about a collision between two mysterious intelligences – two black boxes – human and artificial. And it’s already having profound consequences
39 min
Black Box: the collision – episode 1
The beginning of a new series that explores seven stories and the thread that ties them together: artificial intelligence. In this prologue, Hannah (not her real name) has met Noah and he has changed her life for the better. So why does she have concerns about him?
13 min
Black Box: a new podcast series about AI and us – trailer
In rural Norway, a young woman’s boyfriend forgets who she is overnight. In Detroit, a man is arrested for a crime, but he was never there. In a Spanish town, disturbing pictures of young girls have appeared, but no one knows who is behind them. In this new series from the Guardian, we’ll explore what it is that connects all these stories: the collision between people and artificial intelligence. Coming soon …
3 min
Can I tell you a secret? Episode seven: an update
Guardian producer Lucy Hough and reporter Matthew Weaver give an update on the outcome of Matthew Hardy’s appeal
11 min
Can I tell you a secret? Episode six: the winding clock
As the years tick by, journalist Sirin Kale speaks to victims and those who know Matthew to ask whether his stalking will ever truly end
33 min
Can I tell you a secret? Episode five: a mother’s love
Journalist Sirin Kale meets Matthew’s mother to uncover more about his past, and find out what might have motivated him to cyberstalk his victims for so many years
42 min

Off Duty | The Guardian Investigates

Episodes

Gina: a real life Succession story, episode 2

Gina: a real life Succession story, episode 1

Missing in the Amazon: the frontline – episode six

Missing in the Amazon: the fightback – episode five

Missing in the Amazon: the ambush – episode four

Missing in the Amazon: the protector and the poacher – episode three

Missing in the Amazon: the journalist and the president – episode two

Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode one

Missing in the Amazon: a new Guardian investigative series – trailer

Black Box: shut it down? – episode 7

Black Box: the white mask – episode 6

Black Box: Bing and I – episode 5

Black Box: repocalypse now – episode 4

Black Box: the hunt for ClothOff, the deepfake porn app – episode 3

Black Box: the connectionists – episode 2

Black Box: the collision – episode 1

Black Box: a new podcast series about AI and us – trailer

Can I tell you a secret? Episode seven: an update

Can I tell you a secret? Episode six: the winding clock

Can I tell you a secret? Episode five: a mother’s love

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Episodes

Gina: a real life Succession story, episode 2

Gina: a real life Succession story, episode 1

Missing in the Amazon: the frontline – episode six

Missing in the Amazon: the fightback – episode five

Missing in the Amazon: the ambush – episode four

Missing in the Amazon: the protector and the poacher – episode three

Missing in the Amazon: the journalist and the president – episode two

Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode one

Missing in the Amazon: a new Guardian investigative series – trailer

Black Box: shut it down? – episode 7

Black Box: the white mask – episode 6

Black Box: Bing and I – episode 5

Black Box: repocalypse now – episode 4

Black Box: the hunt for ClothOff, the deepfake porn app – episode 3

Black Box: the connectionists – episode 2

Black Box: the collision – episode 1

Black Box: a new podcast series about AI and us – trailer

Can I tell you a secret? Episode seven: an update

Can I tell you a secret? Episode six: the winding clock

Can I tell you a secret? Episode five: a mother’s love

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