Runaway Country with Alex Wagner

Runaway Country with Alex Wagner

Author: Runaway Country with Alex Wagner Language: English Episodes: 71
In a landscape saturated with political talk, Runaway Country with Alex Wagner offers a different kind of conversation. This podcast moves beyond the day-to-day noise of headlines to explore the deeper forces shaping American life. Alex Wagner guides listeners through complex intersections of power, identity, and belief, examining how cultural shifts and government policies resonate in communities across the nation. Each episode is built on thoughtful discussion that connects the dots between news events and their human consequences, asking what current political realities reveal about our society's trajectory. The focus is on understanding the undercurrents-the cultural narratives and historical contexts-that define this moment. You'll hear analysis that prioritizes depth over instant reaction, considering how issues of governance and politics are lived and felt far from the capital's corridors. It’s a space for considering the American story from multiple angles, making sense of a rapidly changing world. For anyone seeking a more nuanced perspective on the forces driving the country, this podcast provides essential listening.
Episodes
Introducing Runaway Country with Alex Wagner (Coming October 23rd) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:51
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 cir…
Updates from The Wilderness [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:33
Hey everyone, Jon Favreau here with a special announcement. From now on, new episodes of The Wilderness will appear on the Pod Save America feed, and we’ll have some updates soon about when that’s coming! In the meantime…
The Wilderness: How Kamala Beats Trump (S4E8) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:56
On the final episode of this season of The Wilderness, Jon is joined by UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck and senior Harris campaign advisor David Plouffe. Lynn and Jon discuss why, despite all of this election's wil…
The Wilderness: Kamala Harris’s Winning Message (S4E7) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:19
Jon is joined by Democratic message guru Anat Shenker-Osorio and longtime political strategist Michael Podhorzer to talk about how swing voters are reacting to a Harris-Walz ticket and what message the campaign will need…
The Wilderness: What Undecided Voters Think of Kamala Harris (S4E6) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:07
Jon is joined by longtime pollster Sarah Longwell to discuss how swing voters are reacting to Kamala Harris’ unexpected campaign for president. How did they react to Biden’s decision to withdraw? What concerns do they ha…
The Wilderness: Why No One’s Winning Young Voters (S4E5) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:32
Jon is joined by youth polling experts John Della Volpe and Kristen Soltis Anderson to talk about apathy among young voters this election cycle. Why are they so disengaged? Are some truly defecting to Trump? And what mes…
The Wilderness: How Democrats Can Win Latinos Back (S4E4) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:53
Jon is joined by Carlos Odio and Stephanie Valencia, founders of Equis Research, the nation’s leading polling and research firm focused on the Latino electorate, to talk about what Democrats can do to win back the Latino…
The Wilderness: The Trump Voters Who Are Sick of Trump (S4E2) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:17
Jon is joined by longtime pollster Sarah Longwell and former Republican strategist Tim Miller to get inside the minds of two-time Trump voters who are no longer sure if they’ll vote for him again. What’s changed? Well, J…
The Wilderness: The Path to Defeat Donald Trump (S4E1) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:07
Welcome back to The Wilderness. Jon talks about what it will take to rebuild 2020’s anti-Trump coalition with political analyst Ron Brownstein, political scientist Lynn Vavreck, Democratic strategist Addisu Demissie, Dem…