Introducing: Runaway Country with Alex Wagner

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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, hysteria listeners, Aaron here. I'm dropping in to share with you an exclusive look at the newest show from Crooked Media,
0:06.2	runaway country with Alex Wagner. As a veteran journalist, Alex has spent her career chasing the stories that define our politics, from Washington to the world stage at MSNBC, CBS, The Atlantic, and more.
0:16.4	And now Alex shares real stories of people on the ground experiencing the most glaring consequences of Trump's policies firsthand, then brings in some of the smartest minds in politics to put it all in context.
0:27.1	The show will highlight voices left out of the national conversation all too often.
0:31.3	This isn't a glib coastal elite notes from Trump country type of show.
0:35.4	You'll hear reactions from regular people across the spectrum, incisive analysis from Alex,
0:39.8	plus reporting from local journalists on the ground.
0:42.3	Sounds like the kind of stuff our hysteria listeners already know and love.
0:46.1	And I'm excited to share with you the first episode right now.
0:49.3	If you enjoy this one as much as I do, make sure to subscribe to Runaway Country with Alex Wagner on YouTube or wherever you get your podcast. New episodes drop every Thursday.
0:57.6	Hi, everyone. Welcome to my new show, Runaway Country. We are less than a year into the Trump
1:04.5	administration, and I don't know about you, but I barely recognize this place. National Guard
1:10.2	troops are invading blue cities, citizens are being
1:13.3	snatched off the street, and the east wing of the White House is being ripped off and turned
1:17.9	into apparently a corporate event space. What the hell is happening here? Everything is unfolding
1:24.0	at such a rapid clip that it all just bleeds in together into one extended chaotic
1:29.5	moment and one that you might actually become a little numb to. And when you hear the same
1:35.3	voices weigh in on all of this and when the cycle of outrage is never ending, well, then we miss
1:41.2	what's really going on. This show is about shaking that up. I'm Alex Wagner.
1:47.5	I am a Pod Save America contributor and a senior political analyst at MS now. And on this show,
1:54.3	I'm going to bring you voices you don't often hear from. People whose experiences at the center of
1:59.2	these headlines will offer you a way to shake off
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