{"podcast":{"title":"Runaway Country with Alex Wagner","slug":"runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012","podcast_index_feed_id":485012,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166628.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166628","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43408231.jpg","author":"Runaway Country with Alex Wagner","episode_count":70,"summary":"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 circus moves on. But all that noise is drowning out the actual story. On her 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. If you have a story to share, send us an email or one-minute voice note at runawaycountry@crooked.com.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012"},"episode":{"title":"Election Chaos: Texas Republicans vs California Dems","slug":"election-chaos-texas-republicans-vs-california-dems","published_at":"2026-05-28T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012/election-chaos-texas-republicans-vs-california-dems","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8908709","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/arttrk.com/p/CRMDA/mgln.ai/e/284/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8908709.mp3?modified=1779927902&sid=5166628&source=rss","summary":"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 for what awaits both Republicans and Democrats in the future. She’s joined by Nikki Laurenzo, anchor and political reporter for FOX40 in Sacramento, to break down the chaotic and still very undecided races shaping California politics. Then she speaks to Crooked Media’s Dan Pfeiffer, co-host of Pod Save America and author of the Message Box newsletter, to get a read on the consequences of Senator John Cornyn’s loss to Ken Paxton, and why a crowded gubernatorial primary in California could be a warning for Democratic presidential hopefuls in 2028.","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4632,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012/episodes/election-chaos-texas-republicans-vs-california-dems/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012/election-chaos-texas-republicans-vs-california-dems.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}