{"podcast":{"title":"The Back Room with Andy Ostroy","slug":"the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy-5638395","podcast_index_feed_id":5638395,"rss_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy/rss","website_url":"https://the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy.podcast.radiofreerhinecliff.org","image_url":"https://podcdn.zencast.fm/download/Podcast%2Fartworks%2F10316%2Flarge%2Fd96691adc1075ab252791855d22902fe070a56106b6a1a6cb38d64aad906f0a8%2F72875a20c9335ce6.jpg","author":"Radio Free Rhinecliff and Andy Ostroy","episode_count":525,"summary":"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","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T12:17:09.795662+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy-5638395"},"episode":{"title":"Barb McQuade on her New Book The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government","slug":"barb-mcquade-on-her-new-book-the-fix-saving-america-from-the-corruption-of-a-mob-style-government","published_at":"2026-06-17T12:32:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy-5638395/barb-mcquade-on-her-new-book-the-fix-saving-america-from-the-corruption-of-a-mob-style-government","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy-5638395","url":"https://the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy.podcast.radiofreerhinecliff.org/episodes/barb-mcquade-on-her-new-book-the-fix-saving-america-from-the-corruption-of-a-mob-style-government","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.zencast.fm/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy/8afd1ab2-1ba3-472d-b1c2-2f10e453dc6c.mp3?source=feed","summary":"Barbara McQuade is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, where she teaches criminal law and national security law. She is also a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNOW and co-host of the #SistersInLaw podcast From 2010 to 2017 she served as the U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. She was appointed by President Barack Obama, and was the first woman to serve in her position. Earlier in her career, she worked as a sports writer and copy editor, a judicial law clerk, an associate in private practice, and an assistant US attorney. She is the author of the national best seller Attack From Within, and is here today to discuss her new book, The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government. Join us for this insightful and compelling conversation about her new book; the 'corruption, cruelty and chaos' of Trump 2.0; and what we the people can do to 'take back power and save America'. 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 Design by Cricket Lengyel","meta_description":"Barbara McQuade is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, where she teaches criminal law and national security law. She is also a legal ana…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1672,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy-5638395/episodes/barb-mcquade-on-her-new-book-the-fix-saving-america-from-the-corruption-of-a-mob-style-government/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy-5638395/barb-mcquade-on-her-new-book-the-fix-saving-america-from-the-corruption-of-a-mob-style-government.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}