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Trumpland with Alex Wagner podcast

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Trumpland with Alex Wagner

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  Alex Wagner, MSNBC  

On “Trumpland with Alex Wagner,” Alex travels the country talking with the people on the frontlines of Trump’s policies and promises. For the first 100 days of the new administration, she’s taking a break from the anchor’s chair to get out into the field to bring you conversations you can't always find on TV. You’ll get a 360 degree-view of what’s happening both at home and abroad now that Donald Trump is once again president of the United States. Subscribe to MSNBC Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen ad-free.

On “Trumpland with Alex Wagner,” Alex travels the country talking with the people on the frontlines of Trump’s policies and promises. For the first 100 days of the new administration, she’s taking a break from the anchor’s chair to get out into the field to bring you conversations you can't always find on TV. You’ll get a 360 degree-view of what’s happening both at home and abroad now that Donald Trump is once again president of the United States. Subscribe to MSNBC Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen ad-free.

 

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#303

Pardon the Insurrection

On “Trumpland with Alex Wagner,” MSNBC’s Alex Wagner travels the country talking with the people on the frontlines of Trump’s policies and promises.   On this very first episode, Alex travels to DC—but not for the inauguration.  Hours after President Trump was sworn into office for the second time, he began issuing a series of presidential pardons for the January 6th insurrection. Listen along as Alex speaks to the inmates, their families, and the police officers who survived one of the most violent attacks on the Capitol in our nation’s history.  Catch new episodes of “Trumpland with Alex Wagner” on Thursday evenings during Trump’s first 100 days. You can find the show in the “Alex Wagner Tonight” feed.  Remember to follow the show so you don’t miss a single episode. And sign up for MSNBC Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen without ads. ... Read more

24 Jan 2025

33 MINS

33:25

24 Jan 2025

#302

Introducing “Trumpland with Alex Wagner”

President Trump has an ambitious agenda, with plans that could reshape the country. And MSNBC’s Alex Wagner will be covering it all from the frontlines. On “Trumpland with Alex Wagner,” you can join her as she travels the country for the first 100 days of the Trump presidency, talking to the people at the center of the president’s policies and promises. Get new episodes of “Trumpland with Alex Wagner” on Thursday evenings during Trump’s first 100 days. And sign up for MSNBC Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen without ads. ... Read more

23 Jan 2025

00 MINS

00:47

23 Jan 2025

#301

Trump team's bad faith changes political calculus

Rachel Maddow remarks on the qualitative difference in the type of people Donald Trump is staffing his new administration with compared to his first administration and the fact that their deliberate antagonism and abuse of power means many political norms are not applicable. ... Read more

18 Jan 2025

41 MINS

41:44

18 Jan 2025

#300

Johnson swaps out House Intel chair for Trump loyalist, raising national security concerns

In an unusual move, House Speaker Mike Johnson removed  Rep. Mike Turner, the Republican head of the House Intelligence committee and replaced him with Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., someone with greater fealty to Donald Trump. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi joins Alex Wagner to discuss. ... Read more

17 Jan 2025

41 MINS

41:26

17 Jan 2025

#299

Reality is tougher than Senate confirmation in Bondi's aim to do Trump's bidding

Pam Bondi appears likely to become the kind of attorney general Donald Trump wished for through his entire first term: absolute fealty and commitment to his avenging his petty grievances. But while her spirit is willing, the lack of a factual basis for many of Trump's vendettas is likely to put her at risk of leaving Trump disappointed and unfulfilled. David Rohde, NBC News national security editor, discusses with Alex Wagner. ... Read more

16 Jan 2025

42 MINS

42:09

16 Jan 2025

#298

Hegseth squirms as Democrats hammer poor character, weak qualifications to be defense secretary

Though clearly prepared in advance with techniques to avoid addressing the many concerns raised about his qualifications to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth still struggled as Democrats unloaded questions about his serial infidelities, sexual assault accusations, drinking problem, lack of leadership experience and other shortcomings at his confirmation hearing. Senator Tim Kaine talks with Alex Wagner about why Donald Trump has made a mistake in choosing Fox News personality Hegseth. ... Read more

15 Jan 2025

42 MINS

42:06

15 Jan 2025

#297

The truth about why fire hydrants lost pressure and ran dry during the Los Angeles fires

Martin Adams, former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, blows up some right-wing myths about the water supply in Pacific Palisades, and talks with Alex Wagner about the realities of municipal water systems and ideas for adapting a system built for occasional residential fires to deal with a large scale, community-wide fire. ... Read more

11 Jan 2025

41 MINS

41:20

11 Jan 2025

#296

Insurance companies can't afford to deny climate change; coverage scarce in most-affected areas

The increasing risk and destruction from climate-related disasters is so plain that in some states where climate-driven fires and storms are especially devastating, some insurers are withdrawing coverage for flooding and fires. Jeff Goodell, climate journalist and author of "The Heat Will Kill You First," talks with Alex Wagner about how climate-driven disasters are forcing a change in how we live. ... Read more

10 Jan 2025

41 MINS

41:41

10 Jan 2025

#295

Catastrophic California wildfires too big a crisis for small man, Donald Trump

Still weeks away from returning to office, Donald Trump is showing himself to be as petty and vindictive as he was in his first term, turning the tragic, devastating wildfire crisis in Los Angeles into a political gotcha game with distorted lies and accusations. ... Read more

09 Jan 2025

41 MINS

41:12

09 Jan 2025

#294

'Obviously ridiculous': Trump veers into bizarre fixation on adding neighboring countries as states

Alex Wagner takes a closer look at the roots of Donald Trump's fixation of re-taking possession of the Panama Canal and adding Greenland and Canada as new American territories, and whether there is cause for concern in Trump's expansionist inclinations despite the his inherent goofiness. ... Read more

08 Jan 2025

42 MINS

42:27

08 Jan 2025

#293

'Felon president'?: Judge won't let Trump skate on guilty verdict; sets sentencing date

Judge Juan Merchan denied Donald Trump's motion to dismiss his hush money case in New York and scheduled a sentencing for January 10th, which could mean that Donald Trump will officially be a felon when he is sworn in as president. Lisa Rubin, MSNBC legal correspondent, and Kristy Greenberg, former federal prosecutor, explain what options Trump has left and what is likely to happen. ... Read more

04 Jan 2025

42 MINS

42:06

04 Jan 2025

#292

'The find out phase': Rep. Crockett spares no sympathy for Johnson facing GOP chaos

Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks with Ali Velshi about the Republican chaos threatening to entangle House Speaker Mike Johnson in a familiar, embarrassing fight to retain the speakership into the new Congress with a tiny majority and having squandered the good will of his colleagues across the aisle who might otherwise save him.  ... Read more

03 Jan 2025

41 MINS

41:14

03 Jan 2025

#291

Donald Trump introduces farcical foreign policy ideas into already dangerous international setting

A special two hour edition of Alex Wagner Tonight. ... Read more

28 Dec 2024

1 HR 24 MINS

1:24:26

28 Dec 2024

#290

Greed and gray areas: Cryptocurrency seems inherently appealing to Trump; a wildcard in his new term

Plus, Trump's anti-immigration plans face resource challenge at the state level ... Read more

25 Dec 2024

41 MINS

41:02

25 Dec 2024

#289

House Speaker Musk?!? Republicans fall in line as Elon trumps Trump

Republicans are mired in chaos and infighting as they humiliate themselves on the national stage again without being able to pass a spending bill to keep the federal government open. Elon Musk is only making matters worse, but that hasn't deterred a faction of the Republican Party from wanting to give him a more formal leadership role. Musk, meanwhile, is only a portion of the corporate feeding frenzy taking advantage of Donald Trump's weaknesses. ... Read more

20 Dec 2024

41 MINS

41:42

20 Dec 2024

#288

Democrats watch as 'Co-president' Musk leads Trump in destroying Johnson on spending bill

After Elon Musk expressed his opposition to a new spending bill, Donald Trump and his MAGA supporters followed suit, undermining House Speaker Mike Johnson and steering the U.S. toward a federal government shutdown. Meanwhile, Democrats are stepping away from the Republican chaos, leaving the GOP stuck in its own inability to govern. ... Read more

19 Dec 2024

41 MINS

41:41

19 Dec 2024

#287

Trump exposes his real motivation with ill-considered lawsuit against newspaper

Donald Trump is pressing his grievances with the media through lawsuits, but his case against the Des Moines Register over poll results he didn't like is so poorly conceived from a legal standpoint that his real goal of using the court system as an intimidation weapon is hard to miss. ... Read more

18 Dec 2024

43 MINS

43:22

18 Dec 2024

#286

Trump moves to steamroll Senate Republicans in bid to build 'disruptive' administration

As some Senate Republicans recoil at some of Donald Trump's more extreme picks to serve in his administration, Trump is turning up the pressure on anyone who would dare defy him. Eric Cortellessa, staff writer for Time, and Tara Palmeri, senior political correspondent for Puck News, discuss. ... Read more

14 Dec 2024

42 MINS

42:01

14 Dec 2024

#285

Trump already walking back core campaign promise on prices, inflation

Despite making a promise of lowering prices an inflation a central part of his presidential campaign, and admitting that that promise was key to his being elected, Donald Trump is now waffling on whether that's even possible. Michelle Goldberg, columnist for the New York Times, and Faiz Shakir, founder and executive director of More Perfect Union, talk with Alex Wagner about Trump's walk back and what his post-election rhetoric suggests about his actual economic priorities. ... Read more

13 Dec 2024

39 MINS

39:39

13 Dec 2024

#284

Trump's FBI pick to bring 'deep state' paranoia to organization he holds in contempt

Alex Wagner reports on Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, who espouses conspiracy theories about the "deep state" and describes the organization he is potentially about to lead as essentially corrupt. Plus, the shifting of voters within the groups that make up the Democratic Party coalition in the 2024 election are prompting a new consideration of how to understand voting blocs like Latino voters and Black voters and women voters and whether those groupings are as relevant as they once were, and as relevant as public policy would suggest. Jelani Cobb, dean of the Columbia Journalism School, discusses. ... Read more

12 Dec 2024

41 MINS

41:55

12 Dec 2024

#283

Court ruling sends jolt through the core of U.S. conservatives, Fox News 'Trump staffing agency'

A move by Rupert Murdoch to secure the conservative editorial leadership of his media empire, including Fox News, the New York Post, and the Wall Street Journal in the U.S., in the hands of his son Lachlan, was dealt a blow by a judge who accused the Murdochs of acting in bad faith. Angelo Carusone, president and CEO of Media Matters discusses with Alex Wagner the significance of the ruling to the future of conservatism and MAGAism in the U.S. ... Read more

11 Dec 2024

41 MINS

41:45

11 Dec 2024

#282

Democrats shuffle leadership in prep for Trump fight; Raskin takes mantle of democratic lodestar

Rep. Jamie Raskin talks with Alex Wagner about the race between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Gerry Connolly for the Democratic Party's top spot on the powerful House Oversight Committee. Raskin left his spot on that committee to become the ranking member on the Judiciary Committee, and explains that the leadership shuffle is about gearing up for the fight against Donald Trump's capricious agenda.  ... Read more

07 Dec 2024

41 MINS

41:32

07 Dec 2024

#281

Open for business: Trump abandons pretense of ethics for second term

Donald Trump has made clear that his company will be pursuing business opportunities in other countries while he is president and making decisions about the relationship between the U.S. and those countries. Meanwhile the people he is choosing to run his administration are consistently conflicted with responsibilities that overlap with their own interests.  ... Read more

06 Dec 2024

41 MINS

41:57

06 Dec 2024