The Back Room with Andy Ostroy

Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist, author, documentarian, television host, podcaster, newsletter publisher and founder of Katie Couric media.

Following the death of her husband Jay Monahan from colon cancer in 1998, Katie co-founded Stand Up to.Cancer and has received numerous awards for her cancer advocacy work.

Join Katie and I for a truly insightful chat about life, love, loss, work, today’s political landscape and a look back on her sensational and revealing 2008 interview with Sarah Palin.

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Produced by radiofreerhinecliff.org and Andy Ostroy

Music by Andrew Hollander

Design by Cricket Lengyel

A special bonus episode dedicated to the chilling revelations...and the comic relief...of the January 6th Committee's Thursday night hearing. This was the 8th and final hearing before their August break and return in September.

Join us as we break down the key takeaways of the session, including the hilarious (and somewhat terrifying?) outtakes from Trump's January 7th video message. Who knew the word "Yesterday" could be so challenging?!

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Produced by radiofreerhinecliff.org and Andy Ostroy

Music by Andrew Hollander

Design by Cricket Lengyel

A lively, insightful chat with the always astute & entertaining Paul Begala...renowned political consultant, author, teacher, CNN commentator and one of the chief architects of Bill Clinton's 1992 winning presidential campaign. We discuss the January 6th hearings, the November midterms, Trump, Democrats and Republicans, gun reform....and....we go back in time to chat about what it was like being an integral part of the Clinton campaign and administration.

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Produced by radiofreerhinecliff.org and Andy Ostroy

Music by Andrew Hollander

Design by Cricket Lengyel

This week’s episode has very special meaning to me, as it’s a deeply personal, heartfelt conversation with an incredible man who’s been to hell and back and is harnessing his grief, anger, emotion and passion into helping others.

I am in awe of Fred Guttenberg…gun reform and political advocate and father of Jaime, who at 14-years-old was murdered in the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School mass-shooting in Parkland, Fla., in which 16 other students and teachers were killed. Fred is also founder of Orange Ribbons For Jaime (orangeribbonsforjaime.org) and author of the book “Find The Helpers”.

Fred shares his memories of Jaime, his pain and what drives him in his quest to achieve major gun-reform legislation.

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Produced by radiofreerhinecliff.org and Andy Ostroy

Music by Andrew Hollander

Design by Cricket Lengyel

A fascinating chat with attorney and author Spencer Schneider, who discusses his new book "Manhattan Cult Story", detailing his 23 years in a secret NYC cult through which every aspect of his life was controlled. We explore how he got in, what it was like inside and what eventually led to his exit.

Jill Schlesinger, CBS News Business Analyst & Host of Jill On Money, also joins us for a truly insightful conversation about the direction of the economy, recession fears, the stock market, crypto and more.

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Produced by radiofreerhinecliff.org and Andy Ostroy

Music by Andrew Hollander

Design by Cricket Lengyel

A discussion of the short and long-term ramifications of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe vs Wade with filmmaker Annie Sundberg, co-director/producer of the 2018 Netflix Original documentary "Reversing Roe".

We also chat with actor, producer, tv host, author and entrepreneur Hilarie Burton about her personal infertility and abortion experience.

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Produced by radiofreerhinecliff.org and Andy Ostroy

Music by Andrew Hollander

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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) joins us in The Back Room for a lively, in-depth chat about the January 6th hearings, his Trump lawsuit, the midterms, the Republican Party, gun reform and his top five musical artists (you may be surprised.)

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Produced by radiofreerhinecliff.org and Andy Ostroy

Music by Andrew Hollander

Design by Cricket Lengyel

Thrilled to welcome into The Back Room the awesome Paul Rudd, who joined us for a fun, insightful 50-minute chat about a broad range of topics ranging from the Washington political scene, Hollywood and films and life in New York's Hudson Valley.

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Produced by radiofreerhinecliff.org and Andy Ostroy

Music by Andrew Hollander

Design by Cricket Lengyel

The Backroom with Andy Ostroy offers an unscripted, humorous no-holds-barred take on politics and pop culture along with interviews with smart, funny and engaging politicians, celebrities, entertainers, journalists, media personalities, businesspeople/entrepreneurs and other prominent folks. Each week we’ll dissect the unprecedented madness in the world and try to make sense of it all.

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Produced by Andy Ostroy and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff

Associate producer Jennifer Hammoud

Music by Andrew Hollander

Design by Cricket Lengyel