HuffPost Interviews Failed Political Contenders for New Podcast

Howard Dean is up first.

While political journalists are out trying to snag their 35,466th phone interview with Donald Trump, a new HuffPost podcast is trying a different tack, talking to people who fall into the technical definition of one of Trump’s favorite pejorative terms: losers.

Candidate Confessional, which debuts tomorrow, will feature HuffPost senior politics editor Sam Stein and investigative reporter Jason Cherkis interviewing politicians, one per episode, about their failed bids for office.

The impetus, according to Stein, was to get a look inside the campaign process that wasn’t filtered through slick politispeak.

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