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Bombshell: Livin’ in a Powder Keg

August 22, 2017
Bombshell: Livin’ in a Powder Keg
Bombshell: Livin’ in a Powder Keg

Bombshell: Livin’ in a Powder Keg

Radha Iyengar, Loren DeJonge Schulman, and Erin Simpson

This week the Bombshell crew preps for the eclipse from opposite corners of the world to ask why we haven’t all perished in the Fire and the Fury (alternate title for our next romance novel). Along with North Korea we talk India-China donnybrooks, military ‘options’ in Venezuela, and are somehow not overwhelmed by all the mayhem emanating from the White House. We go once more with feeling in Afghanistan, ask what Bannon’s departure will mean for foreign policy, and debate the Chiefs subtweets on Charlottesville. Loren heads off to Porto, Radha chases the totality, and Erin enjoys the second order effects of good cocktails.

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U.S. Army photo by Joshua Joyner

 

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