Sirens: A Bombshell production
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Sirens: A Bombshell production
Sirens, a new podcast from the ladies of Bombshell, dissects the institutions of American power. With their trademark wit and charm, join Loren DeJonge Schulman, Radha Iyengar Plumb, and Erin Simpson as they sound the alarm on technology, governance, and national security issues. (And maybe lure men...
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Climate Change on the Battlefield
On this mini-episode, we talk with Erin Sikorsky about her new book “Climate Change on the Battlefield.” Listen in as we discuss how climate change af...
UNGA, Advise & Consent, Democratic Data
Sirens (should Sirens just be a book pod?) starts with the best question: if you could only read one book for the rest of your life, what would it be?...
Sirens at Climate Week Live!
Americans want a government that is agile, responsive, and able to deliver basic services while also solving complex challenges like climate change. Y...
AI Skills, Appropriations, Armed Conflict Law
On the Sirens cocktail circuit this week is (no surprise) renaming the Department of Defense, the deporting US industrial strategy (Korean workers), a...
JROC, Gerrymandering, and Guardsmen
Sirens starts the school year bright eyed in It's a Drill, highlighting new Deputy Secretary of Defense powers in requirements, the new Chief Design O...
Hiring Managers, Human Capital, Human Beings
Sirens gives you a mini-episode close to our hearts: what are the do's and, very importantly, don'ts of running a great hiring process as a hiring man...
Green Energy, Guard in DC, "Great" Power Summits
Sirens returns with an action packed episode. Loren, Erin, and Radha cover China's foray into green tech (plus grantmaking politcization and Pentagon...
Tariffs , Inflation, and International Relations
In this mini-episode, join Radha and Erin's full interview with amazing guest and expert Emily Bensen on all things tariffs (aka trade taxes). They t...
AI, BLS, and (Not) 90 Deals
There's just too much going on in our sixty second It's a Drill exercise, but Radha, Erin, and Loren manage to highlight Taiwan dithering, NIH funding...
Appointees, Schedule Cs, and Deputies
The ladies bring you a mini-episode answering a question you never thought to ask: what makes for a good political appointee? They discuss why we have...
Reductions, Retention, and Reimagining
In this mini-episode of Sirens, Radha and Loren continue the conversation with (first! special!) guest Cristin Dorgelo, former senior advisor at the O...
Assistant Secretaries, Abundance, And RIFs
Sirens is back with episode four, and we’ve added our first guest and a virtual gong! Erin, Radha and Loren race through a drill on the NDAA, TSA secu...
Planes, Tanks, and Autonomous Vehicles
Sirens is back with a mini-episode dissecting the Defense Department's budget request. Listen as Radha and Erin review the process and substance of Do...
Revolving Doors, RIP USAID, and Resistance.
Sirens is back with episode 3! On the cocktail circuit, the Erin, Radha and Loren chat the on and off again relationship with Ukraine munitions, Socia...
Tech Colonels, Posse Comitatus, Iran
This is Sirens, a new podcast from the hosts of Bombshell. This week Loren, Erin, and Radha recast military movies with Muppets and kick off "it's a d...
Cozy Mysteries, Delicious fantasy, and Nonfiction?
This is Sirens, a new podcast from the hosts of bombshell. This week Loren, Erin, and Radha are experimenting with shorter form content to dive deep o...
Bond markets, AI and DOGE2025
This is Sirens, a new series, brought to you by the Ladies of Bombshell - Loren DeJonge Schulman, Radha Iyengar Plumb, and Erin Simpson. In this episo...
Look what you made me do
Loren, Erin, and Radha reunite for a special 90 minute episode to break down the biggest and messiest issues from the first 100 days of the second Tru...
Then One Foggy Christmas Eve
In the tradition of British dramas, Erin, Loren, and Radha reunite for a special holiday episode. The ladies flip the script, answering a range of que...
One for the Road
For their 100th episode, Erin, Loren and Radha discuss new issues, like the escalating conflict at the Ethiopia-Eritrea border, old issues, like HVT t...
Anticipation Is Making Me Late
Loren, Erin, and Radha are joined by their most frequent guest (Kori Schake) and a new guest (Katrina Mulligan) to discuss foreign policy issues we'll...
Final Countdown
Loren, Radha, and Erin reconvene to explore many of Bombshell's greatest hits - Brexit, troop levels in Afghanistan, and arms control. With a dash of...
Karma Puh-leeze
Erin, Radha and Loren use COVID-19 as a frame to ask what this crazy time has brought to our attention, what it’s distracted is from, what it’s possib...
When There are Nine
This week, Mira Rapp-Hooper and Rebecca Lissner return to the show to discuss American grand strategy, female partnerships, and their fabulous new boo...
I'm a Loser, Baby
Loren, Radha, and Erin invite Camille Stewart, non-resident fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center, to discuss all the cyber threats and how individual beh...
It's Fun to Stay in the JCPOA
Radha, Erin, and Loren host Nina Jancowicz, disinformation fellow at the Wilson Center and author of , to talk about the ongoing protests in Belarus a...
Tik Tok Ya Don’t Stop
This week Erin and Radha regroup while Loren takes a much-deserved vacation. They do a quick review on COVID-19 with the good (100 days no new cases i...
Simple Joys of Maidenhood
This week the band is back together with Loren, Radha, and Erin once again all in the same time zone. They dive into Mike Pompeo's China speech, globa...
People Try to Put Us Down
With Radha and Erin on the road, Loren invites Ashely Feng of the Center for a New American Security, Kaleigh Thomas of CNAS, Kara Frederick of CNAS,...
Revenge of Cartography
In this episode of Bombshell, the ladies welcome Madelyn Creedon, former deputy administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, to dis...
China, All the Way to New York
In this week’s episode, while Loren cleans out her office, Radha and Erin dig into an array of China-related topics: Huawei! India! Hong Kong! And las...
I'm On A Boat
This week Erin, Loren, and Radha regroup for a "what did I miss" session to discuss the events of the last few weeks. Starting with the bizarre coup t...
Burning Out Our Fuse Up Here Alone
Jung Pak, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, joins Bombshell to discuss her fascinating and timely new book: . Radha, Erin, and Loren remind li...
I Do My Hair Toss, Check My Emails
This week the ladies are back with a normal-ish episode, complete with special guest Nora Bensahel! She helps them dive deep on COVID-19 impacts on th...
The One Where We Talk About Our Feelings
This week Loren and Erin talk their way through all the coronavirus feelings: fear, hope, gratitude, some minor policy questions, and the pop culture...
This is Fine
Kathleen Hicks, director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and all-around superhero, joins L...
Don't Ask, Don't Get
This week Erin, Loren, and Radha reunite after a midwinter break to talk pandemics. They then turn to the Afghanistan “peace” deal, Israeli elections...
Let Us Be Elegant or Die
This week the ladies return to regular programming and try to catch up after one of the more crazy weeks in recent political memory. They start off wi...
Man, I Feel Like a Woman
Erin, Radha and Loren welcome three special guests for their annual "manniversary" episode: Hayes Brown from Buzzfeed, Tommy Vietor of Pod Save the Wo...
Tigers on a Gold Leash
This week Bombshell welcomes Suzanne Maloney of Brookings to chat all things Iran. And because we love our listeners so much, we extended the discussi...