Introducing Runaway Country with Alex Wagner (Coming October 23rd)

Runaway Country with Alex Wagner

Crooked Media

Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 12.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Being an American right now is a wild ride. Every day brings a new controversy, breathless media narratives, and the same loud voices rushing in to score political points. Then another Truth Social post drops and the circus moves on. But all that noise is drowning out the actual story. On her new podcast Runaway Country, veteran journalist Alex Wagner talks to the voices at the center of the headlines: from the fringes of the resistance, to the marrow of MAGA, to the many people who’ve found themselves smack-dab in the crosshairs of a fight they never asked for. Because if you want to understand our unreal times, you’ve got to talk to the very real people who are experiencing it all first-hand. Join Alex as she brings together the stories of everyday Americans trapped in our national car with no brakes, alongside conversations with some of the smartest thinkers in politics. Buckle up, this road could lead anywhere. New episodes every Thursday wherever you get your podcasts, and @RunawayCountryWithAlexWagner on YouTube. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Being an American right now is a wild ride.
0:04.0	Now the guard troops patrolling Washington are armed.
0:07.2	Tonight, a $16 million settlement.
0:09.4	A lot of people are saying maybe we like a dictator.
0:11.9	Every day, there's new controversy, new narratives, and more political points to be scored.
0:17.7	This is demonic and they are threats.
0:20.6	This is the worst conspiracy I've ever heard in my life.
0:23.2	Then another truth social post drops, and the same loud voices are at it again.
0:30.9	But all that noise is drowning out the actual story.
0:36.5	I'm Alex Wagner, and on my new show,
0:39.5	Runaway Country from Crooked Media,
0:42.5	we're breaking out of the four walls of the studio
0:44.7	to talk to the people at the center of the headlines.
0:48.6	From the fringes of the resistance
0:50.7	to the marrow of MAGA,
0:53.4	to the unsuspecting people who found themselves right in the middle of a fight of the resistance, to the marrow of MAGA, to the unsuspecting people who found themselves
0:56.1	right in the middle of a fight they never asked for. And boy, oh boy, do they have a lot to say
1:03.8	about it. Of course we should have a bias. We should have a bias towards democracy. We should have a bias
1:08.0	towards freedom. We should have a bias towards the truth. He's published very no-holds-barred rants against me personally.
1:15.6	My son isn't a Democrat or Republican. He's simply a child in need.
1:21.6	Because if you want to understand these unreal times, you've got to talk to the very
1:26.5	real people who are living it all firsthand.
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