Hey y'all, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

Now that the conventions are well behind us and the candidates are back out on the trail,

we thought it would be a fun time to talk about the campaign and food.

I have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion.

It's awkward eating in front of the press.

They wanted you to eat in front of you, didn't they?

Of course.

They could get, well because they could get a funny shot.

Everything you do, Canon will be used against you in a campaign.

That last voice was from former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.

We're going to talk about the perils of eating on the campaign trail, whether you are a candidate

or one of us.

I'm Sam Sanders, campaign reporter.

I'm Tamara Keith, I cover the White House in the campaign.

I'm Scott Detero, campaign reporter.

And we have a special guest today.

This topic comes to us by way of the great Dan Pashman.

He hosts a podcast all about food called The Sportful from WNYC Studios.

We had an episode recently about this.

I just listened to it.

It's great.

Dan is in New York with us right now via technology.

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