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2 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jazmin Aguilera |Andrew Ryan |Dugan Arnett
When it comes to the war on drugs, you could say the police are addicted to confidential informants. That’s the conclusion of a new Boston Globe Spotlight investigation into the pervasive and shadowy world of this police practice that is widely used and barely regulated. The story starts in New Bedford Massachusetts, where use of informants has had dramatic consequences.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jazmin Aguilera
The story of Natalia Grace Mans has been told many times before — in news articles, magazine features, YouTube videos, podcasts, and even a three-part Investigation Discovery docuseries. She was born with a rare form of dwarfism and placed in an orphanage in Ukraine before coming to the United States to be adopted at the age of 7. The Barnett family took her in in 2010. What happened after that has been heavily disputed by those involved.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jazmin Aguilera
Parental concerns about screen time aren’t new. 50 years ago, there was enough concern about the long term effects of watching television that it was dubbed ‘the idiot box.’ In the 80s, video games became the newest innovation to face parental resistance in the name of protecting the minds of impressionable youth. These days, social media and smartphones are the latest boogeymen occupying parent’s minds, and with good reason.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jazmin Aguilera
In the battle for viewers' abbreviated attention spans, TV shows coming out in 2025 must make a choice: to embrace the fact that viewers will be tempted by the siren song of a second screen in their smartphones, or to compete with it. One route embraces distraction—shows with simpler or exaggerated plots, fewer characters, and repetitive if dramatic dialogue, designed for audiences toggling between TV and phone.
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2 months ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jazmin Aguilera |Laura Crimaldi |Yvonne Abraham
Listen to more “Say More” episodes at globe.com/saymore and wherever you get your podcasts. If you like the show, please follow us and leave us a review. You can email us at [email protected]. The following is a lightly edited transcript of the Feb. 20 episode of the “Say More” podcast. Jazmin Aguilera: A note before we begin. This episode contains descriptions of suicide and violence. Take care while listening. Aguilera: Welcome to “Say More” from Boston Globe Opinion. I’m Jazmin Aguilera.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jazmin Aguilera |Patricia Wen
The Boston Globe publishes thousands of stories each year, but only a select few capture the public’s attention for weeks on end. The Secret Lives of Shelby Hewitt: 32 year old high school imposter is one such story—a fascinating tale of a 32-year-old woman who posed as a teenager to re-enroll in high school. This deep dive, narrated and cinematically produced, reveals the ripple effects on the schools, the Department of Children and Families, and the lives of those deceived by her audacious con.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Ilya Marritz |Jazmin Aguilera
After war breaks out in the Middle East, Gay struggles to navigate bitter campus protests over war, antisemitism, free speech, and the proper role of the university. The tensions are on full display when Gay testifies under oath, providing legalistic answers to outraged members of Congress.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Ilya Marritz |Jazmin Aguilera
The Harvard Plan, hosted by award-winning reporter Ilya Marritz, is a three-part podcast series from The Boston Globe in partnership with WNYC’s On The Media that takes listeners inside the chaos at Harvard University last year, exploring the rise and fall of Claudine Gay’s presidency and the explosive fight for the soul of America’s most prestigious university. Universities have become a battlefield in the American culture wars in a way that’s dramatic and new.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jazmin Aguilera
Years ago, the check engine light on my car used to fill me with dread. I never had the time or the expertise to handle it, so it became a neon orange alert that I was about to spend hours finding a mechanic and hundreds of dollars to fix something. That was the best case scenario. Until I had a stroke of luck in my dating life. Namely, I started dating Ashlee Naccarato, who in addition to her other charms has a hobby of maintaining and fixing her 2000 Volvo.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jazmin Aguilera
Lucien Greaves, Cofounder of The Satanic Temple, poses for a portrait at the Satanic Temple in Salem, MA on July 17, 2024. Photo by Adam Glanzman for the Boston Globe MagazineAdam Glanzman/for the Boston GlobeAs one of the most provocative religious organizations in the country, the Satanic Temple is no stranger to inciting controversy - it’s one of their main tactics.
