Hammer + Nigel Show Podcast

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Emmy winner Jon Hamm joins Hammer & Nigel on 93.1 WIBC to talk about his new MGM+ series, American Hostage. The show dramatizes the 1977 Tony Kiritsis hostage crisis, and Hamm plays legendary WIBC newsman Fred Heckman, the reporter who became a de facto negotiator live on the air. For Hamm, being on WIBC is a full-circle moment. He explains how the project started as a pandemic-era podcast, why playing a trusted local news figure reminded him of growing up in St. Louis around Jack Buck, and why he thinks the Kiritsis standoff marked an early step toward today's 24-hour, if-it-bleeds-it-leads news cycle. He also talks about recreating 1970s Indianapolis in Winnipeg at 30 below, praises Giovanni Ribisi's performance as Kiritsis, and makes the case for weekly releases. Along the way there's Cardinals-versus-Cubs ribbing, a nickname bond with Hammer, and a warm look back at his first Super Bowl, in Indy in 2012. American Hostage is streaming now on MGM+, with new episodes weekly.

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A TikToker says going to Great Clips is like "haircut roulette." And Darius Rucker talks early days of Hootie and the Blowfish. Is this anything? 

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Police are looking for An Amazon delivery driver in New York was caught on camera peeing all over the lobby of a posh apartment building. Plus, Hot Pockets to nix their crisping sleeve. 

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Animated "Ted" series coming to Paramount, a shoes off or on household, and the Farmer's Almanac predicts this winter. 

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The Beech Grove Public Safety Foundation and Next Stop, Beech Grove are coming together for an evening of music, food, and community with an important purpose: helping send as many Beech Grove Police officers as possible to National Police Week 2027 in Washington, D.C. 

SATURDAY, October 3, 5-9p

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Tony Samuel joins the show to talk about the prosecutors race heating up, if Trump should do more for the party and more!  

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We recap all the special moments from our friend, Matt Bair's Celebration of Life. Thank you all for being there in person and spirit! Celebrate the Life of Matt Bair 

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A teenage McDonald's employee in Idaho recently paid for a stranger's dinner after the customer realized he'd left his wallet behind. So the next day, the customer contacted the local news to share the story, and the station tracked him down. They surprised him at work with a bunch of restaurant gift cards as a thank-you for his act of kindness.

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