Ally Jarmanning

I definitely asked this last Olympics, too, but … is there a newsletter or account that will just give me the rundown of what to watch the next day? Like, here’s what’s worth getting up live for, who is in the finals, etc? I know there’s google but I want the STORIES.

Absolutely not

Wondering if there’s a grosser way to get your White Castle? The Delta terminal at Logan has you covered.

This Packers-Bears game (and the Bears fan they keep showing grating parmesan in the stands) is reminding me of this classic Patriots shirt from Super Bowl XXXI.

Woohoo! Can't wait to read.

I made up a thing called the "Full Massachusetts," which is eating every state food in a meal. BUT I bet some of you out there have a much better suggestion for the ultimate Massachusetts meal. Tell me at the link!

Dry January: A sober-curious conversation and beverage tasting WBUR senior reporter Ally Jarmanning moderates a panel exploring the growing appeal of alcohol-free living. Guests will also enjoy a non-alcoholic beverage tasting and can purchase items from our Dry ...

Thinking about taking a pause from drinking in 2026? Or are you already sober? Come to CitySpace this Friday for a panel and NA bev tasting. I'll be there with author and The Luckiest Club founder Laura McKowen, Dry Humor bottle shop founder CJ Mutti, and Mountainside Treatment Center's Jana Wu.

Last Seen Season 4: "Postmortem" is a National Murrow Award winning podcast (2025) about the stolen bodies of Harvard and the gray market for human remains. Find out what happened at Harvard Medical School: how...

And if you want to know even *more* about about these crimes, the people whose body parts were stolen, and the gray market for human remains .. we have a podcast series about this whole case. www.wbur.org/podcasts/las...

Harvard, the human remains trade, and collectors who fuel the market There is no federal law against buying or selling human remains and only a patchwork of state laws that go largely unenforced. That’s allowed the trade in so-called “medical specimens” to explode onli...

There's a whole world of people buying and selling human remains, mostly online (and especially on Facebook). Read more abut them here: www.wbur.org/news/2024/06...

Human remains seller connected to Harvard Medical School thefts sentenced to 6 years in prison Jeremy Pauley is fixture in the online oddities trade, known for binding books in human skin and preserving fetal remains. He admitted to buying fetuses, skin, hearts and brains from a mortuary worker...

It was Jeremy Pauley's arrest that exposed a nationwide network of human remains trading that ensnared Harvard Medical School. Prosecutors say Pauley made at least $250K buying and selling fetal remains, skin and other organs. Today, a judge sentenced him to six years in prison.

Last Seen Season 4: "Postmortem" is a National Murrow Award winning podcast (2025) about the stolen bodies of Harvard and the gray market for human remains. Find out what happened at Harvard Medical School: how...

I’ve been covering this case since it broke 2.5 years ago and have a whole podcast about it. We go way beyond just the crime and try to answer the big questions like: how do we treat the dead? www.wbur.org/podcasts/las...

Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager sentenced to 8 years in prison for stolen bodies plot Cedric Lodge was sentenced to eight years in prison for his central role in a nationwide network of human remains trading. His wife, Denise Lodge, was ordered to serve one year and one day in prison.

The former Harvard Medical School morgue manager who stole body parts and shipped them across the country was sentenced to eight years in prison. His wife gets a year. Here’s what I heard in court in Pennsylvania today:

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TODAY at noon eastern: I’ll be talking about the Knight-Wallace fellowship for journalists at the University of Michigan with @umwallacehouse.bsky.social staff. Hear all about how to apply, what the year is like, how to make it work. wallacehouse.umich.edu?p=30991

Come talk to me about how a fellowship can be for you!

Periwinkle! That's it.

The official name is "Storm Blue" so I guess he's right but ... it looks purple!

I like the new Patriots jerseys but my husband and I disagree about what color they are. I say they look purple. He says blue. Is this like The Dress all over again?

Boston Book Festival 2025: Women and Revolution: Stories from Iran... View more about this event at Boston Book Festival 2025

Headed to the Boston Book Festival today? Come check out my conversation with @juliaioffe.bsky.social and Fatemeh Jamalpour. Whatever you think you know about women in Russia and Iran, there's more to the story. Hear it from these extraordinary authors. sched.co/27cUh

A lawsuit filed against John Hancock uncovered details that shocked the women:
- executives waited 49 days to call police
- an invoice shows someone at Hancock bought the same type of camera with company money
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...

A camera spied on women at John Hancock. Six years later, no one has been held accountable In 2019, John Hancock announced it had found a camera hidden in the women's locker room. But six years and one lawsuit later, former employees told WBUR they feel those at the top may have been more i...

Women I spoke to said they assumed that Hancock would do the right thing and find the person who placed the hidden camera in a locker room. But now they say those at the top seem to have been more interested in protecting the company than finding the perpetrator.

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I was just looking at the excellent round-up of how to access state court records around the country created by @allyjar.bsky.social. I'd encourage any lawyers or journalists to update the info for their state (if needed). #courtrecords #courts #journalism docs.google.com/document/d/1...

telling gmail to delete all "@substack.com" emails feels like throwing out a stack of new yorkers.

And I’m mailing two letters!

I’ve written three paper checks today. Ask me about what it’s like to have been born in the late 1900s.

Want to feel old? Look at what you can borrow from the library:

A Big Arrest The 13th Step · Episode

Lauren breaks down the facts and complicated feelings about the arrest of Eric Spofford, who is charged with orchestrating retaliatory vandalism against her and others.

ICE holding immigrants in 'abysmal' conditions at Burlington office building, lawyers say ICE is detaining immigrants in a Burlington office park building that wasn't designed as a holding facility. Lawyers say conditions there are "abysmal" and "unsanitary."

The ICE facility in a Burlington office park was never supposed to be a detention center. But it's where many people have been kept for days or weeks in "abysmal" conditions after being arrested by ICE. Great reporting by @miriamwasser.bsky.social

Former N.H. addiction treatment center CEO faces conspiracy, vandalism charges in court The former head of New Hampshire's largest addiction treatment center was arraigned in federal court Monday, after he was indicted on charges of orchestrating attacks on journalists' homes.

Eric Spofford is accused of orchestrating attacks on New Hampshire Public Radio journalists' homes, after they published an investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct.

Prosecutors say he paid a friend $20,000 to organize the vandalism, which included bricks thrown through windows.

Okay my one take on the Ohio State-Michigan post-game brouhaha. Can you IMAGINE the reaction if two women’s teams did all that?