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Pod Save the World

Introducing: Runaway Country with Alex Wagner

Pod Save the World

Crooked Media

Politics, News

4.824.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Being an American right now is a wild ride. Every day brings a new controversy, with 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 Crooked Media’s 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. Make sure to subscribe, so you don’t miss an episode.

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0:00.0

Hey, World Does, it's Tommy here. I'm dropping in to share with you an exclusive look at Crooked Media's

0:04.7

newest show, Runaway Country with Alex Wagner. On this show, Alex draws on her years as a veteran

0:10.0

correspondent reporting on the stories that define our politics, from Washington to the world stage

0:14.8

for MSNBC, CBS, The Atlantic, and much more. She's going to talk to Americans who are experiencing

0:20.3

the most glaring

0:21.0

effects of this political moment firsthand. Then she'll bring in some of the smartest minds

0:25.1

and politics to put it all in context. Runaway country highlights voices too often left out of the

0:30.2

national conversation, the ones treated as data points instead of people. This isn't a glib

0:34.8

coastal elite notes from Trump country type of show. You'll hear reactions

0:38.0

from regular people across the spectrum, incisive analysis from Alex, plus reporting from local

0:43.6

journalists on the ground. Listen, Alex Wagner is one of the best journalists in the business. She's so

0:48.7

smart. She's funny. She's engaging. People open up to her because they like her or they want to tell

0:53.0

her their story.

1:00.1

This is an incredible show. You will love it. Please subscribe to Runaway Country. You can check it out.

1:04.6

In this feed, the first episode will be in this feed right now. And if you enjoy the show as much as I do,

1:09.5

make sure you subscribe to Runaway Country with Alex Wagner on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Thursday.

1:12.9

Hi, everyone. Welcome to my new show, Runaway Country.

1:17.5

We are less than a year into the Trump administration, and I don't know about you, but I barely

1:22.3

recognize this place. National Guard troops are invading blue cities. Citizens are being snatched off the street.

1:30.2

And the east wing of the White House is being ripped off and turned into apparently a corporate

1:34.6

event space. What the hell is happening here? Everything is unfolding at such a rapid clip that it all

1:41.3

just bleeds in together into one extended chaotic moment and one that you

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