{"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’s Terrifying Imperial Fantasies","slug":"trump-s-terrifying-imperial-fantasies","published_at":"2026-01-08T08:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012/trump-s-terrifying-imperial-fantasies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/runaway-country-with-alex-wagner-485012","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8850693","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/8850693.mp3?modified=1769562771&sid=5166628&source=rss","summary":"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 to Venezuelans about what their hopes and fears are for the future of their country. Then she's joined by Pod Save America's Jon Favreau and Pod Save the World's Ben Rhodes to break down the absolute insanity of Trump’s imperial ambitions.","meta_description":"2026 has started off with strikes on Venezuela, the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro, and a brazen slew of threats from President Trump against Gree…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3776,"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-s-terrifying-imperial-fantasies/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-s-terrifying-imperial-fantasies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}