Runaway Country with Alex Wagner

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1. Are the Polls Too Good to Be True?

   22 Oct 2026 · 1 h 19 min · Episode 50 · Explicit

   With the midterm elections only two weeks away, a lot of Democrats are feeling giddy about the prospects of flipping both houses of Congress. This week, Alex breaks down why overconfidence can be a risk, and why this…

2. Hegseth's Bloodthirsty Pentagon

   15 Oct 2026 · 1 h 06 min · Episode 49

   Just when you thought he could sink no lower, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is now planning to livestream a public execution, carried out by American soldiers. Paul Rieckhoff—host of the Independent Americans…

3. Will the Midterms Be a Red Riptide?

   8 Oct 2026 · 1 h 08 min · Episode 48 · Explicit

   Polls show Democratic candidates are leading or tied in several deep red states—places the left never thought they could win. So how optimistic should Democrats be that the midterms won’t just deliver a blue wave, but…

4. Trump's Crisis of Dignity

   1 Oct 2026 · 1 h 09 min · Episode 47 · Explicit

   As the electoral landscape is turning blue, Donald Trump is seeing red. To sooth his wounded ego, the White House is running pro-Trump ads during NFL games, illegally rescinding hundreds of millions of dollars from…

5. The Press Strikes Back

   24 Sep 2026 · 1 h 07 min · Episode 46 · Explicit

   President Trump’s acrimonious relationship with the press reached new heights after he banned MS NOW, Politico, and CNN from the White House — and other media organizations banded together to suspend the White House…

6. SCOTUS Foils Trump’s Midterm Steal…For Now

   17 Sep 2026 · 53 min · Episode 45 · Explicit

   Less than two months before the midterms, the Supreme Court made a shockingly good decision and rejected a Trump rule that would have restricted mail-in ballots and possibly disenfranchised millions of voters. But…

7. Still Counting: Trump vs. The BLUE WAVE: A Midterm Extravaganza

   11 Sep 2026 · 23 min · Explicit

   Nate Silver, Clare Malone, and Galen Druke discuss the most competitive Senate races heading into the midterms in this excerpt from their new podcast, Still Counting. To hear the rest, head over to Still Counting and…

8. Measles Outbreak: The RFK Effect

   10 Sep 2026 · 1 h 12 min · Episode 44 · Explicit

   Usually parents breathe a sigh of relief when kids go back to school, but with over 3,000 confirmed cases of Measles spreading across the US, the consequences of the Trump administration’s disinformation and vaccine…

9. Trump’s Red State Sabotage

   3 Sep 2026 · 57 min · Episode 43 · Explicit

   Has Trump created Farmageddon? Rising fuel and fertilizer costs due to the war with Iran, tariffs on goods because of the trade war with Canada, and a Farm Bill stuck in Congress have created a perfect storm of pain…

10. Will Data Centers Cost Republicans the Midterms?

    27 Aug 2026 · 1 h 19 min · Episode 42 · Explicit

    President Trump has embarked on a pro-AI data center kick, causing a world of hurt for his own party. The gigantic, energy-guzzling factories are literally and figuratively steamrolling small rural communities—the very…

11. North Carolina: "Tar Heel Flip"

    20 Aug 2026 · 26 min

    North Carolina is one of the most closely divided states in the country. But when it comes to political power, the story is much more complicated. Jen, Mitch, and Errin explore the growing power of unaffiliated…

12. Chaos in the Big Tent: Is America Third Party Curious?

    13 Aug 2026 · 1 h 14 min · Episode 41 · Explicit

    Democratic Socialists are racking up wins in primaries across the country, Tucker Carlson is conspiring with other exiled MAGA stars to form a third party, and polling shows that American voters are open to a system…

13. Trump Tries to Bleach the Country

    6 Aug 2026 · 1 h 10 min · Episode 40 · Explicit

    Up to 350,000 Haitians have now lost their Temporary Protected Status in the United States, and they are only one ethnic group among the more than 1.3 million people that the Trump administration wants out. This week…

14. Stopping the Steal (Again)

    30 Jul 2026 · 1 h 06 min · Episode 38 · Explicit

    Donald Trump just got one step closer to stealing the next election. The Senate confirms a new head of National Intelligence: former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton — a man who won't say…

15. Trump's Black Box Presidency

    23 Jul 2026 · 1 h 19 min · Episode 37

    Pete Hegseth wants a $1.5 trillion bump in Pentagon spending, and won’t say what it’s for. War in Iran reignites, and the Trump administration hides the number of injured American troops. Innocent people are killed by…

16. “They’re Hunting Latino Men”

    16 Jul 2026 · 1 h 11 min · Episode 36

    ICE agents have killed two men in the last 10 days. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot in Houston, Texas on July 7th, as was Joan Sebastian Guerrero on July 13th in Biddeford, Maine. On this week’s show, Alex…

17. Where Do Democrats Go After Graham Platner?

    9 Jul 2026 · 1 h 04 min · Episode 35 · Explicit

    The Maine Senate race has been thrown into complete disarray after serious allegations of sexual assault emerged against Graham Platner. This week Alex speaks to Dan Kleban, U.S. Senate candidate and co-founder of the…

18. What’s Next for Voting Rights, and Why Activism Matters (w/ Jane Fonda)

    2 Jul 2026 · 56 min · Episode 34

    This week we bring you an episode from Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams. Stacey Abrams has committed her career to bold political advocacy and voting rights. In this episode, Stacey opens the show by answering…

19. Trump Loses His Base

    25 Jun 2026 · 1 h 18 min · Episode 33 · Explicit

    Take one poll with a grain of salt, but what about a TON of polls? From white middle class voters, to rural Americans, and even Evangelicals, the numbers show that Trump is losing his most ardent supporters. This week…

20. Shady JD (Vance)

    18 Jun 2026 · 1 h 16 min · Episode 32 · Explicit

    Is there anything that Vice President JD Vance hasn’t messed up? From political messaging, to lecturing the Pope about theology, Vance’s public appearances are often cringe inducing. But this week, Alex digs into the…

21. Grifter in Chief

    11 Jun 2026 · 1 h 06 min · Episode 31 · Explicit

    The levels of corruption Americans are witnessing are both historic and astounding. This week, Alex speaks to ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi, who broke the story that the Department of Defense gave a $620,000,000…

22. What Actually Happens in ICE Detention

    4 Jun 2026 · 1 h 13 min · Episode 30 · Explicit

    A new chapter of ICE terror has begun, but instead of taking place on the street—where agents are held accountable by protesters and their phones—mistreatment and coercion is now happening behind the closed doors of…

23. Election Chaos: Texas Republicans vs California Dems

    28 May 2026 · 1 h 17 min · Episode 29 · Explicit

    Could reality TV star Spencer Pratt become Mayor of Los Angeles? And could Trump’s endorsement of Ken Paxton cause Texas to go blue? This week, Alex dives into all things primaries to see if we can read the tea leaves…

24. The Emperor’s New Slush Fund

    21 May 2026 · 1 h 15 min · Episode 28 · Explicit

    This week, Alex digs into the nearly unfathomable corruption of President Trump’s settlement with the Department of Justice, including the $1.776 billion “Anti-weaponization Fund”. She speaks to Michael Fanone, a…

25. GOP Gerrymanders Are Burning Down the House

    14 May 2026 · 1 h 05 min · Episode 27 · Explicit

    Redistricting battles are spreading like wildfire in both red and blue states, and increasingly the fate of America’s electoral system is at the mercy of the courts. This week, Alex speaks to Virginia Representative…

26. Trump’s Perverted Justice

    7 May 2026 · 1 h 10 min · Episode 26 · Explicit

    Has Trump corrupted our justice system beyond repair? The latest indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of damage that this administration has done. This week, Alex speaks…

27. The President and The Press

    30 Apr 2026 · 1 h 13 min · Episode 25 · Explicit

    This week, the President AND the press came under attack. After an attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, the Trump administration was quick to blame the media and threaten ABC over a joke that…

28. The Gas Prices Are Too Damn High

    23 Apr 2026 · 1 h 03 min · Episode 24 · Explicit

    Instead of pumping the brakes on the Iran war, President Trump is breaking the pumps. This week Alex looks at how high gas prices are impacting Americans, and why they’ve long been considered an existential political…

29. Trump’s Unholy War Against the Church

    16 Apr 2026 · 1 h 00 min · Episode 23 · Explicit

    President Trump has a God problem. After criticizing the Pope and posting an image of himself as Jesus online, Trump has caused an uproar among his Christian base. This week, Alex speaks to Pastor Doug Pegitt about the…

30. MAGA Turns on The Mad King

    9 Apr 2026 · 55 min · Episode 22 · Explicit

    The President of the United States has officially gone mad. That can be the only conclusion after Trump’s genocidal threats this week to destroy the entire country of Iran, before announcing a two week ceasefire. This…

31. Will Trump Profit from War with Iran?

    2 Apr 2026 · 1 h 08 min · Episode 21 · Explicit

    How can we make sense of America’s senseless war with Iran? This week, Alex asks if President Trump’s web of corruption extends to his foreign policy. First she speaks to Sarah Leah Whitson, the former Executive…

32. ICE Goons at the Airport and DACA Detentions (w/ Jonathan V. Last)

    26 Mar 2026 · 58 min · Episode 20 · Explicit

    Leave it to travel delays during Spring Break to turn America’s focus to immigration again. This week, as Congress debates over funding and reforms to ICE, and Markwayne Mullin is sworn in as new Secretary of the…

33. Trump's Plan for Iran....Is No Plan

    19 Mar 2026 · 1 h 18 min · Episode 19 · Explicit

    With the war against Iran now in its third week, it has become devastatingly clear that President Trump and his administration have no strategy for the conflict. This week, Alex speaks to Retired Master Sgt. Wes…

34. Trump’s War of Choice Against Iran (w/ Rachel Maddow)

    12 Mar 2026 · 1 h 09 min · Episode 18 · Explicit

    Over a week into the war with Iran, the casualties, global economic fallout, and incoherence of the Trump administration are all growing. This week Alex speaks to Senator Adam Schiff about Democrats’ attempts to put…

35. The Other MAGA War….At Home

    5 Mar 2026 · 1 h 14 min · Episode 17 · Explicit

    While the Trump administration wages war against Iran and broadens their military scope in the northern hemisphere, there are more subtle campaigns being pushed here at home – like the one to convince women to do…

36. Trump, Tucker, and the Death of Legacy News

    26 Feb 2026 · 1 h 09 min · Episode 16 · Explicit

    Rightwing billionaire takeovers, journalists getting arrested, and endless misinformation. Welcome to the current state of American journalism. This week, Alex speaks to former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta about how…

37. Trump Gives DC Architecture A MAGA Facelift (with Heather Cox Richardson)

    19 Feb 2026 · 56 min · Episode 15 · Explicit

    President Trump has torn down the East Wing of the White House, re-named the Kennedy Center, and proposed an “Independence Arch”. This week, Alex speaks to architect Neil Flanagan about the damage being done to…

38. The Epstein Administration

    12 Feb 2026 · 52 min · Episode 14 · Explicit

    The latest release of more than three million Epstein files has exposed the vast network of powerful and ultra-rich elites who were part of Jeffrey Epstein’s social and business circle. This week, Alex speaks to…

39. Trump Is Getting Scared About the Midterms

    5 Feb 2026 · 1 h 11 min · Episode 13 · Explicit

    From a raid on an election office in Fulton County, Georgia, to a call to nationalize federal elections…President Trump is making it clear that his next target is our Democracy itself. This week, Alex speaks to Fulton…

40. On the Ground in Minnesota

    29 Jan 2026 · 1 h 25 min

    This week Alex travels to Minneapolis to see first hand how the community is responding to the terrorizing presence of ICE and the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti. She shines a light on the grassroots efforts of…

41. ICE Arrests Are Only the Beginning

    22 Jan 2026 · 1 h 16 min

    Even police chiefs in Minnesota are calling out ICE tactics as race-based and out of line. This week, Alex focuses on what comes next — from conditions at ICE detention centers, to the long-term impacts this lawless…

42. Trump and MAGA Justify Renee Good’s Death

    15 Jan 2026 · 1 h 06 min

    Since an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, President Trump and MAGA have labeled her a “domestic terrorist” and come up with one reason after another to justify her death. This week Alex interviews…

43. Trump’s Terrifying Imperial Fantasies

    8 Jan 2026 · 1 h 03 min

    2026 has started off with strikes on Venezuela, the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro, and a brazen slew of threats from President Trump against Greenland, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Iran. This week, Alex speaks…

44. Will the Supreme Court Finally Stand Up to Trump in 2026? (with Melissa Murray)

    18 Dec 2025 · 1 h 19 min

    Are President Trump’s tariffs illegal? Will the independence of federal agencies be a thing of the past? Is birthright citizenship about to be taken away? These are just a few of the consequential questions before a…

45. What the Hell is Happening at the Pentagon? (with Sen. Elissa Slotkin & Ben Rhodes)

    11 Dec 2025 · 1 h 12 min

    Under the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon is in disarray. From a lack of transparency on extrajudicial strikes in the Caribbean, to the Signalgate scandal, to kicking out the Pentagon press…

46. Making America White Again (with Joy Reid)

    4 Dec 2025 · 47 min

    The Trump administration is using the tragic shooting of two National Guard members by an Afghan national as justification to close the door on immigration, refugees, and asylum seekers trying to enter the US. This…

47. Trump Cracks on Epstein Files

    20 Nov 2025 · 53 min

    This week, the House and Senate voted nearly unanimously to release all of the files related to the investigation into sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, after President Trump pulled a complete 180 and signaled his…

48. Hasan Piker on the Democrats' Bullies and Republican Nazis

    13 Nov 2025 · 1 h 14 min

    Democrats and Republicans may seem worlds apart politically, but both parties are running into a similar problem – getting pushed into uncomfortable positions. Less than a week after election wins across the country,…

49. A Wipeout and a Showdown (with Chris Hayes)

    6 Nov 2025 · 53 min

    Tuesday’s elections ushered in big wins for Democrats in the NYC mayoral race, Virginia and New Jersey’s Governors’ races, California’s redistricting measure, and more. Meanwhile, Democrats in Congress are still…

50. Dems Take the Gloves Off (with David Plouffe)

    30 Oct 2025 · 59 min

    Alex talks about the hottest issue leading up to next week’s election….the 2026 election. California’s Proposition 50 is a power play by Governor Newsom and Democrats to fight back against Republican gerrymandering in…