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Bombshell

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4.8 • 691 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Kathleen Hicks, director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and all-around superhero, joins Loren, Radha, and Erin for an all-COVID-19 episode, starting with potential contributions by the Department of Defense to addressing this crisis. The ladies explore different angles of the global pandemic, including how it's impacting other ongoing international events, the economy, and domestic politics. Thanks be they also spend a lot of time on pop culture to soothe the soul.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bombshell. I'm Erin Simpson.
0:11.6	I'm Lauren DeYoung.
0:13.2	And I'm Rada Aingar.
0:14.6	And we are back for a shockingly surprising COVID-19 entire episode.
0:22.4	So I don't think that will really be too much of a shock to folks.
0:26.0	In response to that, when I ask you, ladies, what are we drinking?
0:29.5	I think we have a few more interesting options than we've had the last few weeks.
0:32.5	So ladies, what are we, we've moved on from hot chocolate and just plain coffee on our
0:38.8	sunday mornings to a little bit more inventive activities so ladies what are we drinking
0:43.4	Aaron I am having fresh coffee for you that has frangelico and a bullet bourbon in it
0:51.7	which is fine I mean I would just drink the bourbon, as you know.
0:57.3	Well, I've been up since very early in the morning dealing with a very angry five-year-old who
1:01.5	was told that we were getting a dog. And he's correct. We are. Just like not now today.
1:07.9	So, Rada. Oh, interesting. I am drinking also fresh coffee with this delicious vanilla
1:16.0	liqueur that I discovered in our liquor cabinet plus Woodford Reserve. And here's the thing I
1:20.5	decided yesterday when I was making cocktails in the evening, which I now do, is that life is too
1:25.9	short to save your good alcohol for later.
1:28.4	So I've just started drinking the good stuff.
1:30.6	He's like, whatever.
1:31.9	I wholeheartedly endorse that.
1:33.3	I have met my caffeination requirement for the day and have moved on to gin.
1:38.3	And so I am drinking some botanist gin with pineapple, passion fruit, Italian soda.
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