Podcast Hosted By Former Obama WH Officials Coming to HBO

Pod Save America will be getting the HBO series makeover.

The hugely popular liberal podcast, hosted by former Obama White House officials Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor will be turned into a series of hourlong specials later this year, just in time for the midterm elections.

“The best part of ‘Pod Save America’ is taking the show on the road and meeting activists, candidates and people who are getting involved in politics for the first time,” Favreau, Lovett, and Vietor said in a statement. “They know that the 2018 midterms are the most important elections of our lifetime, and the energy and excitement on the campaign trail is infectious. We are so grateful that HBO is taking a chance on us, even though these live shows will have so few dragons and sex robots.”

The hosts started out in podcasting when they produced a show for the 2016 election, but it became so popular that they founded their own media company and worked on Pod Save America.

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