In the era of Peak Podcast, keeping up with Crooked Media’s output alone can be overwhelming, but Jon Favreau’s new solo venture has the advantage of being a closed-ended miniseries. Eschewing Crooked’s usual quippy punditry in favor of a research-heavy documentary approach, The Wilderness is about the history, failings, and future of the Democratic Party, pivoting on a question Favreau asks in the show’s blunt opening moments: “How did we get here? How did we lose to this guy? And how did we end up with fewer Democrats in office than in any time in decades?” Through conversations with historians, strategists, policy experts, and voters, Favreau explores these alongside the larger and more pressing question of how the party can find its way back to a winning majority.