Sam Dingman
Hudson/Catskill Bureau ChiefSam Dingman is WAMC’s Hudson/Catskill Bureau Chief. Previously, he was co-host and reporter at “The Show” on KJZZ, Phoenix’s NPR station. Prior to KJZZ, Dingman was the creator and host of the acclaimed podcast “Family Ghosts,” which has been hailed as a critic’s choice by NPR, the LA Times and the New York Times. Dingman also co-hosted the BlueWire original series “The Rumor,” which was featured in the Washington Post and New York Magazine, and was a Webby honoree for Best Podcast Writing. He was story editor for Lemonada Media’s Signal Award-winning series “Pack One Bag,” writer and showrunner for John Stamos’s Webby-winning podcast “The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra,” editor of Karina Longworth’s “You Must Remember This,” and a producer for WNYC’s Peabody-winning “On the Media.” He is a four-time winner of the Moth Grand and Story Slams, and has created, written, hosted, produced and edited podcasts for The Atlantic, Audible Originals, Gilded Audio, Gimlet Media, Lincoln Center, Panoply Media, Paramount Pictures, Pushkin Industries, Spotify, Slate, Stitcher, and Wondery.
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Residents at Foreland have mixed feelings about inviting visitors into their process. -
Three Hudson Valley politicians are focusing on in-person conversations with voters rather than sweeping policy agendas. -
Tuesday's primaries had some voters wondering whether the party needs new voices. -
Winning the primary virtually guarantees Sonja Okun will serve another term as supervisor, as no Republicans are set to be on the ballot in November. -
Janet Tweed also won the 2024 Democratic primary in New York's 102nd Assembly District. She will face former Republican congressman and Trump administration official Marc Molinaro this fall. -
Voters in New York's 106th Assembly District overwhelmingly supported incumbent Didi Barrett's bid for an eighth term, representing a district that stretches from Chatham down to Poughkeepsie.
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The plan notes that the Black population in the city has declined by 40% in recent years. -
The proposed new evaluation system would prioritize real-world application of skills like algebra. -
The ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is calling for Bard College's Board of Trustees to help with an investigation into the Hudson Valley school's ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after former Bard President Leon Botstein's name appeared extensively in the Epstein files and an investigation detailing his relationship with the late sex offender. -
Walters had been living with his sister, but he and his four kids needed more space.
