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4.8 • 691 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week the Bombshell crew does something different. After a crazy few days in the national security world, we break down the good, the bad, and the pop-culture remedies. From Spain to Iran, to Iraq and Lebanon, to Niger and back home to the Haspel hearings and aviation mishaps we ask ourselves: what are we doing here? Also, Arnie Hammer discovered Iran-Contra and we rank order our favorite Chrises.

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"Spain's ETA Basque terrorists disband," Economist
Richard Nephew and Ilan Goldenberg, "Here's What to Expect Now That Trump Has Withdrawn From the Iran Nuclear Deal," Foreign Policy
Colin H. Kahl and Vipin Narang, "Trump thinks his North Korea strategy will work on Iran. He's wrong on both." Washington Post
Armie Hammer Tweet, May 7, 2018
Alice Hunt Friend, "The Accompany They Keep: What Niger Tells Us About Accompany Missions, Combat, and Operations Other Than War," War on the Rocks
Paul Szoldra, "Military Leaders Sent Them On A Hasty, Ill-Planned Mission—And Are Now Blaming Them," Task & Purpose
Mieke Eoyang, "The CIA Needs an Independent Thinker—Not a Gina Haspel," Atlantic
Sophie Gilbert, "Jack Melrose Is a Lacerating Tour de Force," Atlantic
Michael Barbaro, "Listen to 'The Daily': Gina Haspel and the Shadow of Torture," New York Times

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Bombshell.
0:11.8	I'm Erin Simpson. I'm Lauren DeYoung-Shulman.
0:14.9	And I'm out of Aynbar.
0:16.4	And we've got a lot to cover this week.
0:19.6	One, I'm glad to be back.
0:21.2	My mom listened to the podcast last week and said,
0:23.8	Aaron, you weren't on it.
0:25.2	I said, Mom, I was with you the whole weekend.
0:27.9	When was I supposed to record a podcast?
0:30.5	So, you know, it's good to be back.
0:34.2	And we've got, Roda, where are you exactly right now?
0:39.4	Yeah, so I am also pleased to be on today.
0:43.1	I was not sure if it would work out.
0:44.6	I am in Yosemite National Park at the delightful Mountain Room Lounge,
0:48.9	which I highly recommend to anyone coming as a nice midday break for your hiking around
0:53.9	the park. And if you are here,
0:56.2	I recommend you have the Yosmosa, which combines all of the things I like, namely whiskey,
1:01.7	St. Germain, and champagne. Those are literally like three of my favorite ingredients. I can't
1:06.8	believe how good that sounds. I know. It's just like such a good drink.
1:17.9	I should also say in honor of our Mother's Day episode last year, where Rada was also late,
1:21.2	and Lauren and I sat around drinking margaritas for an hour.
1:24.2	We've repeated that experience for this year.
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