{"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":"ICE Goons at the Airport and DACA Detentions (w/ Jonathan V. Last)","slug":"ice-goons-at-the-airport-and-daca-detentions-w-jonathan-v-last","published_at":"2026-03-26T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012/ice-goons-at-the-airport-and-daca-detentions-w-jonathan-v-last","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8878906","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/8878906.mp3?modified=1774561904&sid=5166628&source=rss","summary":"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 Department of Homeland Security, Alex brings our attention back to the ongoing tactics the Trump administration is using to target immigrants and tear families apart. First she speaks to Stephanie Villarreal, whose husband has been detained despite being a DACA recipient. Then Alex speaks to Jonathan V. Last, editor of The Bulwark, about how to keep a spotlight on immigration, especially when they employ bureaucratic tactics to change someone's status, and why Trump is trying to force a voting rights bill into the debate. To support Stephanie and her family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-baby-and-father-together","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3953,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012/episodes/ice-goons-at-the-airport-and-daca-detentions-w-jonathan-v-last/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/ice-goons-at-the-airport-and-daca-detentions-w-jonathan-v-last.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}