After seeing her primetime program at MSNBC canceled earlier this year, Alex Wagner now has her next project: a podcast with Crooked Media.
Crooked Media was founded in 2017 by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, and Dan Pfeiffer. The company is the home of the popular Pod Save America podcast.
Currently untitled, the new podcast from Alex Wagner is slated to begin on Thursday, October 23rd. It will be a weekly program lasting between 45 and 60 minutes, with each episode featuring a video simulcast.
“We’re in a moment of shocking and intense political change, and there’s no better time to launch a show that gets right to the heart of the matter,” said Wagner. “We’re going to speak directly with the people in the middle of this whiplash, whether they’re in Los Angeles or Memphis or Fargo: You’re going to get visceral, emotional storytelling that will make all these headlines a lot more human. And then we’ll have some of the smartest people in politics help to put it all in context.
“I could not be more thrilled to be doing this with my buddies at Crooked Media — and their savvy, engaged, enthusiastic audience. There’s no time like the present!” Wagner concluded.
“Alex is a longtime Friend of the Pod, and we couldn’t be happier to finally be working with her,” the Crooked Media founders said in a statement. “She’s sharp, fearless, and endlessly curious in her reporting — exactly the kind of voice we want to bring to the Crooked community.”
In addition to her own program, Wagner will join Pod Save America as the show’s first contributor. She’ll also host one Sunday episode of the program per month, as well as join the YouTube Rapid Responses show produced by the company.
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