The Back Room with Andy Ostroy

Alexander Vindman is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel who most recently served on the National Security Council. He was thrust into the national spotlight in October 2019 when he testified before Congress during former president Donald Trump's first impeachment hearing. He is the author of the book "Here, Right Matters: An American Story".

Rachel Vindman is an opinion columnist at USA TODAY and a member of the USA Today Board of Contributors. She's an activist and political commentator and also co-hosts the Suburban Women Problem podcast.

Join me and this smart, fascinating, funny, charming dynamic power-couple as we talk about life, love, family, the Republican Party, Trump, Biden, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, Curb Your Enthusiasm/Larry David, Harry Styles and more!

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Join us this week for an incredibly entertaining chat with the very talented, very funny comedian and impressionist Matt Friend! Matt, just 24-years-old, is an indisputable comedy sensation, having launched like a rocket from social media apps TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter where he's built a loyal following that'll soon reach 1-million fans.

In addition to his transcendent Donald Trump impression, Matt has an impressive repertoire of 250 flawless political and celebrity impressions including Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, Ron DeSantis, Barack Obama, Gavin Newsom, Bernie Sanders, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Howard Stern, Liev Schreiber, Rami Malek, Jennifer Coolidge, Timothee Chalamet, Sebastian Maniscalco, John Oliver, Paul Giamatti, Andy Cohen, Johnny Carson and Jeff Goldblum. And he does a ton of them in this week's episode!

Matt's appeared everywhere from The Today Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live to Good Day LA. He performs stand-up across the country and will be headlining November 10 at The Stand as part of the 2022 New York Comedy Festival. And he'll be voicing the role of Baby Goldblum on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons.

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Music by Andrew Hollander

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Finneas is a singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. His sister is Billie Eilish, with whom he co-writes, produces and collaborates. Their 2020 theme song "No Time to Die" for the James Bond film of the same name is a Grammy, Golden Globe, Critics Choice and Academy Award winner for best film song. Overall he's won eight Grammys and received 13 nominations.

Join us for a truly fun chat about his childhood musical journey, the songwriting process, his passion for women's rights, gun reform and climate and his thoughts about Twitter.

And, you'll also find out whether he's a dog or cat person, who his top 5 comedians are and what he secretly wishes he could do all day long...

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Rick Wilson is a renowned political strategist, infamous ad-maker, writer, speaker, political commentator and co-founder of the political action committee the Lincoln Project. He’s the author of two New York Times bestsellers, writes for The Washington Post, Politico, Rolling Stone, The Hill, The Bulwark and the London Spectator and frequently appears on CNN, MSNBC, NPR and HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher.

The inimitable, irrepressible former Republican heats up The Back Room with his brutally honest, penetrating insights and razor-sharp witticisms on Trump, Trumpism, the GOP, the midterms, the existential threat to democracy and his personal journey in choosing country over party.

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Join us this week in The Back Room for a brutally honest, insightful, lively chat with Stephanie Grisham, former Trump White House Press Secretary and Communications Director for both the former president and First Lady. She also served as Melania's Chief of Staff.

Through genuine contrition and a true desire to prevent the Trump era's ugly history from repeating itself, Stephanie pulls no punches in sharing her thoughts and experiences working in the most unethical, corrupt, treasonous, batshit crazy administration in American history and what needs to happen going forward.

We also learn the truth about my awesome viral moment five years ago when Melania "liked" my tweet which mocked her husband and their troubled marriage!

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Join us this week in The Back Room for an insightful conversation with California Congressman Ro Khann, currently serving his third term representing District 17 in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Rep. Khanna shares his views on a range of critical subjects including America's biggest socio-economic challenges, President Biden. Trump and Trumpism, the midterms, the 2024 election, climate and whether he’s a dog or cat person…

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Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci is founder and managing partner of global investment firm SkyBridge and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio...but he's best known for his roller-coaster 11 days as former President Donald Trump's Communications Director in 2017.

Join us for a brutally honest, insightful, behind-the-scenes look into The Mooch's life, career, major successes and mishaps, his wild days in the White House, his thoughts on Trump and the Republican Party today, his economic outlook and crypto crusade.

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Judd Apatow has directed, produced and written many of the most iconic films and hit TV shows over the last couple of decades.

The film's he's directed include THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, KNOCKED UP, THIS IS 40 and the current HBO documentary GEORGE CARLIN'S AMERICAN DREAM. The movies he's produced include ANCHORMAN, THE BIG SICK, BRIDESMAIDS, SUPERBAD, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, and FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL. His notable television work includes GIRLS, FREAKS AND GEEKS, THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW, THE BEN STILLER SHOW and CRASHING.

Join us for a fun, insightful chat about Judd's life, his career and, yes, politics!

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Join us for a very important conversation with New York Congressional candidate Pat Ryan in one of the most closely-watched bellwether races in the country.

Pat’s running in the August 23rd Democratic primary to fill the remaining four months of the District 19 seat formerly held by Lt Gov Antonio Delgado. He’s a West Point graduate, former Army Captain, entrepreneur and Ulster County Executive. He served two tours in Iraq and earned two Bronze Stars.

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Join us for an important, insightful conversation with Florida Secretary of Agriculture and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, who's fighting to ultimately unseat fascist-dictator-wannabe Gov. Ron DeSantis. She faces Charlie Crist in their August 23rd primary.

Nikki explains why she's best suited to lead the Sunshine State through it's current, economic, housing, healthcare, insurance, crime, gun reform, abortion challenges and more and, more so, why it's time for the state's first-ever woman governor.

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Produced by radiofreerhinecliff.org and Andy Ostroy

Music by Andrew Hollander

Design by Cricket Lengyel