{"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":"Josh Turek on his Incredibly Inspiring Journey and Iowa U.S. Senate Campaign","slug":"josh-turek-on-his-incredibly-inspiring-journey-and-iowa-u-s-senate-campaign","published_at":"2026-04-18T14:01:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy-5638395/josh-turek-on-his-incredibly-inspiring-journey-and-iowa-u-s-senate-campaign","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/josh-turek-on-his-incredibly-inspiring-journey-and-iowa-us-senate-campaign","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.zencast.fm/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy/2aa493ab-1c81-4b12-abfd-e02b9c0a877a.mp3?source=feed","summary":"Josh Turek is running for US Senate in Iowa. He is a four-time Paralympian and two-time gold medalist for Team USA in wheelchair basketball. He’s the first permanently disabled member of the Iowa legislature and the Democrat who represents the reddest district won in 2024. He is now running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Republican Joni Ernst. Josh and I discuss the campaign and his incredibly inspiring journey. 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":"Josh Turek is running for US Senate in Iowa. He is a four-time Paralympian and two-time gold medalist for Team USA in wheelchair basketball. He’s the firs…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3014,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy-5638395/episodes/josh-turek-on-his-incredibly-inspiring-journey-and-iowa-u-s-senate-campaign/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/josh-turek-on-his-incredibly-inspiring-journey-and-iowa-u-s-senate-campaign.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}