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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The retreat was billed as Chat GPT Summer Club. It was held at Wildflower Farms in Gardiner, where cabins are priced at well over a thousand dollars per night. Wildflower Farms confirmed that it hosted the retreat but did not comment further. -
Bard College employees voted to authorize a strike earlier this summer, but they’ve resolved their differences with the private institution and signed a new contract. -
Dr. Robin Plumer has been providing medical aid in dying procedures since New Jersey legalized them in 2019. -
In "Video Visions," director Sergio Rico tells a semi-fictional story about the importance of having a physical destination to fall in love with movies. -
A bridge in Stuyvesant will take weeks to repair, and Congressman Paul Tonko worries the Trump administration will block FEMA assistance to New Yorkers for political reasons. -
A SUNY New Paltz climatologist tells WAMC that storms like yesterday's are likely to become more common - and harder to predict. -
Levon Helm's daughter Amy was recently replaced by Brian Parillo, who alleges Amy mismanaged the historic venue for decades. But many musicians and fans say Levon Helm Studios and Amy Helm are inseparable. -
The swimming hole is carved into an old rock quarry. -
Early wrote, directed and stars in the film, which tells the story of an aspiring food influencer with an eating disorder. "Maddie's Secret" will screen in Catskill this weekend, with Early on hand for a Q&A. -
Employees at the hospital say its plan to re-classify as a "critical access hospital" will threaten vital services.
