{"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":"Trump Gives DC Architecture A MAGA Facelift (with Heather Cox Richardson)","slug":"trump-gives-dc-architecture-a-maga-facelift-with-heather-cox-richardson","published_at":"2026-02-19T08:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012/trump-gives-dc-architecture-a-maga-facelift-with-heather-cox-richardson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8863045","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/8863045.mp3?modified=1771461281&sid=5166628&source=rss","summary":"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 Washington’s historic buildings, as well as the feasibility of his future projects. Then, she’s joined by Heather Cox Richardson, historian and author of the Substack, “Letters from an American” to analyze how the remaking of America’s capitol lines up with the tried and true methods of authoritarian leaders.","meta_description":"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 t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3847,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012/episodes/trump-gives-dc-architecture-a-maga-facelift-with-heather-cox-richardson/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/trump-gives-dc-architecture-a-maga-facelift-with-heather-cox-richardson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}