Introducing: Runaway Country with Alex Wagner

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Crooked Media

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🗓️ 24 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.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's John here. I'm dropping in to share an exclusive look at Cricket Media's newest show
0:04.3	Runaway Country with Alex Wagner. If you don't know Alex, she is a veteran reporter who spent
0:09.9	her career chasing the stories that define our politics from Washington to the world stage at
0:14.1	MSNBC, CBS, The Atlantic, and more. Every week, Alex will share real stories of everyday Americans
0:20.0	living through the most glaring consequences of our current political moment.
0:24.0	Then she'll bring in some of the smartest minds in politics to put it all in context.
0:28.4	The show will highlight voices that are often left out of the national conversation.
0:32.1	This isn't a glib coastal elite notes from Trump country type of show.
0:36.2	You'll hear reactions from regular people across the spectrum, incisive analysis from Alex,
0:41.0	plus reporting from local journalists on the ground.
0:44.8	We're excited.
0:46.9	I feel insulted by this copy.
0:49.6	Like, no, we save the glib coastal elite notes.
0:52.6	That's for our show.
0:53.6	That's POTE of America. We save it for us. Notes note that's for our show that's that's what's we save america we save it for our that's for notes from trump country i don't have that but we are glib and we are coastal elite alex not so much this is going to be a great show we're really excited i'm i can't wait for everyone to hear it and i'm excited to share with you the first episode right now if you enjoyed this this one as much as I do, make sure to subscribe
1:11.8	to Runaway Country with Alex Wagner on YouTube or wherever you get your podcast. New episodes drop
1:17.2	every Thursday. Hi, everyone. Welcome to my new show, Runaway Country. We are less than a year
1:25.4	into the Trump administration, and I don't know about you, but I barely recognize this place.
1:31.0	National Guard troops are invading blue cities. Citizens are being snatched off the street.
1:36.2	And the east wing of the White House is being ripped off and turned into apparently a corporate event space.
1:42.1	What the hell is happening here?
1:45.6	Everything is unfolding at such a rapid clip that it all just bleeds in together into one extended chaotic moment and
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