Sam Dingman
Reporter/Host - The Show | [email protected]Sam Dingman is a reporter and host for KJZZ’s The Show. Prior to KJZZ, Dingman was the creator and host of the acclaimed podcast Family Ghosts, which has received over 10 million downloads, and been hailed as a critic’s choice by NPR, the LA Times and the New York Times. Dingman also co-hosted, co-wrote, produced, mixed, and edited 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. Dingman was also the 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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Jenn Budd shares her experience as Border Patrol agent in her 2022 memoir called "Against the Wall." She spoke with The Show more about it. -
Jaime Vinck is the president of the Meadows Behavioral Health here in Phoenix, which offers inpatient and outpatient treatment for people struggling with addiction. She knows many people are scared to admit they need help. -
There’s a brand new theater company in the West Valley. It’s called The 602 Stage, and they’re targeting this fall for their first production. -
Guitarist Jeremy Graeff and recorder player Mark Williams' music blends ancient and modern influences. -
Last night’s Super Bowl featured a familiar mix of celebrity cameos, inside jokes and, of course, Clydesdales. Less familiar, perhaps? A choir of singing toilets. -
When you walk into a comedy show, it’s more than just a good time. It’s a real-time conversation about where we are as a country. So how are Phoenix comedians approaching that challenge? -
Luis Rivera-Figueroa is a post-doctoral fellow at Arizona State University, and he’s written extensively about Bad Bunny. He says it’s important to examine the artist through many lenses: music, ethnicity and gender. -
On Tuesday, hundreds of people packed a Surprise City Council meeting to protest new ICE facility. The Show's Sam Dingman documented the meeting. -
A new study from Utah State University suggests that the Colorado River basin states — including Arizona — may have a solution to the looming water crisis right under their noses: alfalfa. -
Arizona State Rep. Nick Kupper recently sponsored a bill to make ivermectin available over the counter. Jessica Boehm has been reporting on this for Axios, and she joined The Show to talk more.
