The Back Room with 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.
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S.E. Cupp on Trump, the MAGA Meltdown, the Midterms, the Media Ban, and More (opens the original)
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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 interviews with celebrities and newsmakers. She is a columnist at the New York Daily News and has also been published in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Washington Post and many other publications. She is currently a political commentator at CNN. Is MAGA revolting? Are Congressional Republicans finally growing a pair
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" (opens the original)
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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 dementia research has been covered by The New York Times, Time, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribute, Reuters, ABC News, and NBC News. He regularly speaks at major national and international conferences and is the author of Age-Proof Your Mind and his new book, WHAT TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE
Tara Setmayer Says "Please Dems Don't Blow It!": Trump, the Midterms, and the Fight to Save Democracy (opens the original)
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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 Advisor for The Lincoln Project. She’s a political writer and commentator who’s appeared on MSNOW, CNN and other news outlets, The View, and Real Time with Bill Maher. Her writing has been featured on CNN.com, Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, Cosmopolitan, and NBC.com. In November 2020 she left the Republican Party after Donald Trum
Stephanie Grisham on Trump's Second-Term Behavior; the Midterms and Election Integrity; Natalie Harp; and More (opens the original)
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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 served as White House press secretary and director of communications for both the President and First Lady, Melania Trump. She is the only person in history who has held three senior roles at once, while representing both the east and west wings. Stephanie shares her keen insights into Donald Trump's second-term behavior; the integ
Mark McKinnon on 9/11, 'Trump-a-palooza', Paxton v Talarico and Texas Politics, the Midterms, and More (opens the original)
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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 series "The Circus”. He’s worked for many causes, companies, and candidates, including President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, late Governor Ann Richards, and Bono. He was the chief media advisor for five winning presidential primary and general election campaigns. Dedicated to bipartisanship, McKinnon helped start No Labels
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