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The Back Room with Andy Ostroy

by Produced by RFR and Andy Ostroy

The Back Room with Andy Ostroy presents a humorous, honest take on politics and pop culture featuring notable guest interviews, a shit-ton of righteous indignation, and rip-roaring repartee with co-producers Matty Rosenberg and Jen Hammoud. We're havin' a ball, and so will you! Got somethin' to say?! Email us at BackroomAndy@gmail.com Leave us a message: 845-307-7446 Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by Andy Ostroy, Matty Rosenberg, and Jennifer Hammoud @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff Music by Andrew Hollander Design by Cricket Lengyel

Latest episodes

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Alex Gibney on his Terrific New Film MUSK

Alex Gibney is an award-winning filmmaker who's been called “the most important documentarian of our time” by Esquire Magazine. His work has been the recipient of an Acad

Oct 22
32 min

MI Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist on Protecting the Midterms and his Campaign for Secretary of State

Garlin Gilchrist is Michigan's Lt Governor and is running for Secretary of State to succeed Jocelyn Benson who's running for governor. Prior to serving as Lt Governor he

Oct 20
40 min

Frank Rich on his Latest New York Magazine Essay "Trump's Shameless Collaborators"

Frank Rich is a journalist, author, and television producer. A writer-at-large for New York magazine, he was previously chief drama critic and an OpEd columnist for the N

Oct 17
58 min

Dana Bash on the Midterms and her Fascinating New Book "The Elections That Changed the World: Fifteen Pivotal Moments That Shaped How We Live"

Dana Bash is CNN's chief political correspondent, anchor of “Inside Politics with Dana Bash” and co-anchor of CNN’s“State of the Union”. She is based in Washington, D.C.,

Oct 15
29 min

Kerry Kennedy on her Terrific New Book About her Mother: "Ethel Kennedy: The Extraordinary Life and Bold Legacy"

Kerry Kennedy is a human rights lawyer, activist, New York Times-bestselling author, and daughter of Ethel Skakel Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. Kerry is the president of

Oct 13
41 min

James Henson on Texas Politics, the Midterms, and Whether the Lone Star State is Finally Turning Blue

James Henson teaches in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the founder and executive director of the Texas Politics Project, a hub o

Oct 10
54 min

George Conway on Trump, the Midterms, and Whether the 'Inflection Point' is Finally Here

George Conway is an attorney, political activist, and legal and political commentator. He’s a founder of the Lincoln Project, and is a contributing writer to The Bulwark.

Oct 6
49 min

Cait Conley on her NY-17 House Campaign Against Trumper Mike Lawler

Cait Conley is a fourth-generation Hudson Valley native and the daughter of a postal worker and a construction worker. She applied to West Point the day after 9/11 and we

Oct 3
46 min

Nikki Fried on Florida's Key Midterm Races and Democrats' Chances of Winning the House and Senate

Nikki Fried is the Chair of the Florida Democratic Party. She served as Florida’s 12th Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services from 2019-2023. She is a lifelong

Oct 1
25 min

Marc Levin on his Terrific New Documentary DAUGHTERS OF 9/11

Marc Levin is an award-winning, independent filmmaker. He has made over 50 films, including documentaries, TV series, dramatic feature films and episodic television. He’s

Sep 29
33 min

Rick Wilson on Trump, the Midterms, and If a Blue Tidal Wave is Coming

Rick Wilson is co-founder and board member of The Lincoln Project. He’s a renowned political strategist, infamous award-winning ad-maker and podcast host, writer, speaker

Sep 26
49 min

S.E. Cupp on Trump, the MAGA Meltdown, the Midterms, the Media Ban, and More

S.E. is a nationally syndicated columnist, author, podcaster and TV commentator. She hosts Off the Cupp, a podcast which focuses on mental health, and which features inte

Sep 24
39 min

Dr. Zaldy Tan on his New Book "What to Remember When You Are Forgetting: How to Live and Thrive with Memory Loss, Alzheimer's, and Other Dementias"

Dr. Zaldy Tan is Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the Director of the Memory & Healthy Aging Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His aging and

Sep 22
32 min

Tara Setmayer Says "Please Dems Don't Blow It!": Trump, the Midterms, and the Fight to Save Democracy

Tara Setmayer is co-founder of the bipartisan superpac The Seneca Project. She’s a former GOP Communications Director on Capitol Hill and most recently served as a Senior

Sep 19
1 h 07 min

Stephanie Grisham on Trump's Second-Term Behavior; the Midterms and Election Integrity; Natalie Harp; and More

Stephanie Grisham is the New York Times bestselling author of “I’ll Take Your Questions Now, What I Saw in the Trump White House.” During the Trump Administration she ser

Sep 17
52 min

Mark McKinnon on 9/11, 'Trump-a-palooza', Paxton v Talarico and Texas Politics, the Midterms, and More

Mark McKinnon is a political advisor, reform advocate, columnist, and television producer. He was the creator and co-host of Showtime's Emmy-nominated hit documentary ser

Sep 12
1 h 02 min

Jessica Tarlov on her New Book, Role on The Five, and if Civil Discourse is Possible in Donald Trump's America

Jessica Tarlov is a liberal co-host of The Five on FOX News, the most watched show in cable news. In addition to co-hosting The Five, Jessica plays an integral role in sp

Sep 10
32 min

Michelle Kinney on the Drama, Chaos, and Danger of Trump 2.0 As We Head Towards the November Midterms

Michelle Kinney is co-founder of The Mayday Network and a democratic strategist. Prior to that she was at The Seneca Project, which she co-founded.She previously served a

Sep 5
48 min

Michael Steele on Trump, DSA, Republican Incompetence, the Midterms, and More

Michael Steele is the co-anchor of MS NOW’s The Weeknight and previous co-host of The Weekend. Prior to joining MS NOW as a political analyst, he was elected Lt. Governor

Aug 29
54 min

Julie Roginsky on DSA, Michigan, Florida, the Midterms, and Natale Harp and the Divinity of Donald Trump

ulie Roginsky is the co-founder of the Mayday Media Network on YouTube and the author of the Salty Politics newsletter on Substack. She has nearly three decades of public

Aug 22
1 h 15 min

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