{"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":"The President and The Press","slug":"the-president-and-the-press","published_at":"2026-04-30T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012/the-president-and-the-press","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8897301","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/8897301.mp3?modified=1777509429&sid=5166628&source=rss","summary":"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 hurt their feelings. On this episode, Alex speaks to Brian Stelter, CNN’s Chief Media Analyst, about the chaos in the Washington Hilton and the FCC’s unprecedented threats against networks. Then Alex speaks to Simon Ostrovsky, a special correspondent for PBS NewsHour, who recounts his harrowing capture in Ukraine in 2014 while reporting and talks about the need for the press to push back against Trump’s insults. Finally, Alex is joined by Clayton Weimers, Executive Director of Reporters Without Borders, USA, to talk through the release of the World Press Freedom Index which shows that journalism is under threat globally.","meta_description":"This week, the President AND the press came under attack. After an attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, the Trump administration w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4716,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012/episodes/the-president-and-the-press/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/the-president-and-the-press.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}