We wanted to bring you this episode from our new series, Black Box. In it, Michael Safi 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

Can I tell you a secret? Ben Roberts-Smith v the media – podcast trailer

May 4th, 2023 58s

We wanted to tell you about another Guardian podcast series from our colleagues in Australia. Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, is suing three of the country’s most trusted newspapers for defamation over articles he

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

Oct 10th, 2022 10m 48s

Guardian producer Lucy Hough and reporter Matthew Weaver give an update on the outcome of Matthew Hardy’s appeal

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

Sep 23rd, 2022 32m 31s

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

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

1 Sep 23rd, 2022 42m 22s

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

Can I tell you a secret? Episode four: a reckoning

Sep 23rd, 2022 39m 45s

Matthew’s victims come face to face with him as an attempt is made to stop his torment once and for all

Can I tell you a secret? Episode three: the man upstairs

Sep 23rd, 2022 34m 38s

Who is Matthew? Journalist Sirin Kale looks for clues about who this cyberstalker really is and why he creates chaos and fear in so many people’s lives

Can I tell you a secret? Episode two: the widening circle

Sep 23rd, 2022 39m 11s

As the cyberstalker spreads his net wider, anyone could be a target. The fast-changing world of social media creates new opportunities for him to find more victims. Only now, someone is watching him …

Can I tell you a secret? Episode one: the beginning

Sep 23rd, 2022 33m 52s

Guardian journalist Sirin Kale takes us to a small town in the north of England to uncover how one man began a decade of cyberstalking

The Guardian’s new investigative podcast: Can I Tell You A Secret? – trailer

Sep 6th, 2022 1m 23s

It starts the same way … A seemingly innocent message from someone who appears to be a young woman: ‘Can I tell you a secret?’ But as this six-part investigative podcast explores, people are rarely their true selves online – and one man took it