{"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":"TN State Rep. Justin J. Pearson on Redistricting, Racism, Affordability and the Midterms, his Congressional Campaign, and More","slug":"tn-state-rep-justin-j-pearson-on-redistricting-racism-affordability-and-the-midterms-his-congressional-campaign-and-more","published_at":"2026-06-25T11:20:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy-5638395/tn-state-rep-justin-j-pearson-on-redistricting-racism-affordability-and-the-midterms-his-congressional-campaign-and-more","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/tn-state-rep-justin-j-pearson-on-redistricting-racism-affordability-and-the-midterms-his-congressional-campaign-and-more","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.zencast.fm/the-back-room-with-andy-ostroy/4ddeef10-382d-4bf3-974e-98dfd296cf34.mp3?source=feed","summary":"Justin J. Pearson represents Tennessee House District 86, and is now running for Congress in the state’s Ninth Congressional District. He rose to national prominence as part of the Tennessee Three, standing up for gun reform and being reelected after expulsion. A lifelong organizer, he helped lead the victorious Byhalia Pipeline fight, shut down a cancer-causing sterilization plant, and now challenges Elon Musk’s xAI data center. The second-youngest state legislator, he is a national voice for justice, honored with the Truman Center’s 2024 Moral Courage Award. Rep. Pearson and I discuss his state's devastating redistricting map, racism in America in the age of Trump, the affordability crisis, the midterms, energizing young voters, his Congressional campaign, and more. 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":"Justin J. Pearson represents Tennessee House District 86, and is now running for Congress in the state’s Ninth Congressional District. He rose to national…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2308,"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/tn-state-rep-justin-j-pearson-on-redistricting-racism-affordability-and-the-midterms-his-congressional-campaign-and-more/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/tn-state-rep-justin-j-pearson-on-redistricting-racism-affordability-and-the-midterms-his-congressional-campaign-and-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}